John Herbert Shelley Rowland was born in Bodmin, Cornwall. He was a unitarian minister. He is the creator of 'Inspector Shelley', a Scotland Yard detective. |
Titles and year of publication:
'Inspector Shelley' Novels | |
1) Bloodshed in Bayswater | 1935 |
2) The Professor Dies | 1936 |
3) Death on Dartmoor | 1936 |
4) Suicide Alibi | 1937 |
5) Dangerous Company | 1937 |
6) Murder in the Museum | 1938 |
7) The Devil Comes to Devon | 1938 |
8) The Cornish Riviera Mystery | 1939 |
9) The Crooked House | 1940 |
10) The Spy with the Scar | 1940 |
11) Gunpowder Alley | 1941 |
12) Death Beneath the River | 1943 |
13) Grim Souvenir | 1944 |
14) Puzzle in Pyrotechnics | 1947 |
15) The Orange-Tree Mystery | 1949 |
16) Calamity in Kent | 1950 |
17) Time for Killing | 1950 |
Other Novels | |
1) Slow Poison | 1939 |
2) Murder – By Persons Unknown | 1941 |
3) The Death of Nevill Norway | 1942 |
4) Sinister Creek | 1946 |