 Pseudomym of Paul Winterton. He was born in Leicester , England. He was educated at the London School of Economics and at the London University. In 1929, he became a staff member of The Economist. From 1933 to 1946, he worked for the News Chronicle. In the Second World War, he was a foreign correspondent in Moscow. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Roger Bax' and 'Paul Somers'. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) No Mask for Murder (US Title: Fontego's Folly [1950]) | 1950 |
| 2) No Tears for Hilda | 1950 |
| 3) Murder in Moscow (US Title: Murder Through the Looking Glass [1952]) | 1951 |
| 4) A Press of Suspects (US Title: By-Line for Murder [1951]) | 1951 |
| 5) A Hole in the Ground | 1952 |
| 6) The Cuckoo Line Affair | 1953 |
| 7) Death and the Sky Above | 1953 |
| 8) The Riddle of Samson | 1954 |
| 9) The End of the Track | 1955 |
| 10) The Megstone Plot | 1956 |
| 11) The Narrow Search | 1957 |
| 12) The Galloway Case | 1958 |
| 13) A Hero for Leanda | 1959 |
| 14) The Golden Deed | 1960 |
| 15) The Far Sands | 1961 |
| 16) The House of Soldiers | 1962 |
| 17) Prisoner's Friend | 1962 |
| 18) The Sea Monks | 1963 |
| 19) Frame-Up | 1964 |
| 20) The Ashes of Loda | 1965 |
| 21) Murderer's Fen (US Title: Hide and Go Seek [1966]) | 1966 |
| 22) A Very Quiet Place | 1967 |
| 23) The Long Short Cut | 1968 |
| 24) The Ascent of D-13 | 1969 |
| 25) Boomerang | 1970 |
| 26) The Late Bill Smith | 1971 |
| 27) The Case of Robert Quarrie | 1972 |
| 28) The File on Lester (US Title: The Lester Affair [1974]) | 1974 |
| 29) Home to Roost | 1976 |
| 30) Counterstroke | 1978 |
| As 'Roger Bax' | |
| 1) Death Beneath Jerusalem | 1938 |
| 2) Red Escapade | 1940 |
| 3) Disposing of Henry | 1947 |
| 4) Blueprint for Murder (US Title: The Trouble with Murder [1948]) | 1948 |
| 5) Came the Dawn (US Title: Two If by Sea [1949]) | 1949 |
| 6) A Grave Case of Murder | 1951 |
| As 'Paul Somers' | |
| 1) Beginner's Luck | 1958 |
| 2) Operation Piracy | 1958 |
| 3) The Shivering Mountain | 1959 |
| 4) The Broken Jigsaw | 1961 |
 |