Eden Phillpotts
1862-1960
Pseudonym: Harrington Hext
 

Eden Phillpotts was born in Rajputana, India and grew up in Devon, England. He was an author, dramatist, and poet. He worked as an insurance officer in Devon before turning to writing. He is the creator of:
1. 'Avis Bryden', a Devonshire countrywoman and murderer.
2. 'John Ringrose', a retired Scotland Yard Inspector.

 

Titles and year of publication:  

 'Avis Bryden' Novels
 1) Bred in the Bone  1932
 2) Witch's Cauldron  1933
 3) A Shadow Passes  1933
 'John Ringrose' Novels
 1) A Voice from the Dark  1925
 2) The Marylebone Miser (US Title: Jig-Saw [1926])  1926
 Other Novels
 1) My Adventure in the Flying Scotsman  1888
 2) The End of a Life  1891
 3) Down Dartmoor Way (short stories)  1896
 4) Loup-Garou! (short stories)  1899
 5) Fancy Free (short stories)  1901
 6) The Striking Hours (short stories)  1901
 7) The Transit of the Red Dragon, and Other Tales (short stories)  1903
 8) Knock at a Venture (short stories)  1905
 9) The Sinews of War (US Title: The Doubloons [1906]) (with Arnold Bennett)  1906
10) The Unlucky Number (short stories)  1906
11) The Folk Afield (short stories)  1907
12) The Statue (with Arnold Bennett)  1908
13) The Fun of the Fair (short stories)  1909
14) Tales of the Tenements (short stories)  1910
15) The Three Knaves  1912
16) The Old Time Before Them (Also published as: Told at the Plume [1921]) (short stories)  1913
17) The Judge's Chair (short stories)  1914
18) The Master of Merripit  1914
19) The Chronicles of St. Tid (short stories)  1917
20) Miser's Money  1920
21) The Grey Room  1921
22) Black, White, and Brindled (short stories)  1923
23) The Red Redmaynes  1923
24) Up Hill, Down Dale (short stories)  1925
25) Peacock House and Other Mysteries (short stories)  1926
26) It Happened Like That (short stories)  1927
27) The Jury  1927
28) The Torch and Other Tales (short stories)  1929
29) Cherry Gambol and Other Stories (short stories)  1930
30) "Found Drowned"  1931
31) A Clue from the Stars  1932
32) The Captain's Curio  1933
33) Mr. Digweed & Mr. Lumb  1933
34) They Could Do No Other (short stories)  1933
35) The Wife of Elias  1935
36) Physician, Heal Thyself! (US Title: The Anniversary Murder [1936])  1935
37) A Close Call  1936
38) Once Upon a Time (short stories)  1936
39) Lycanthrope, the Mystery of Sir William Wolf  1937
40) Portrait of a Scoundrel  1938
41) Monkshood  1939
42) Awake Deborah!  1940
43) A Deed Without a Name  1941
44) Ghostwater  1941
45) Flower of the Gods  1942
46) They Were Seven  1944
47) The Changeling  1944
48) The Courting of Nicholas, and Other Stories (short stories)  1944
49) The Drums of Dombali  1945
50) The End of Count Rollo and Other Stories (short stories)  1946
51) There Was an Old Woman  1947
52) Fall of the House of Heron  1948
53) Address Unknown  1949
54) Dilemma  1949
55) George and Georgina  1952
56) The Hidden Hand  1952
57) There Was an Old Man  1959
 As 'Harrington Hext'
 1) Number 87  1922
 2) The Thing at Their Heels  1923
 3) Who Killed Diana? (US Title: Who Killed Cock Robin [1924])  1924
 4) The Monster  1925

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