Thomas Arthur Plummer was born in Coventry. He was an actor-turned writer. He also wrote under the pseudonym 'Michael Sarne'. He is the creator of 'Andrew Frampton', a Detective Inspector of Scotland Yard. |
Titles and year of publication:
'Andrew Frampton' Novels | |
1) Shadowed by the C.I.D. | 1932 |
2) Shot at Night | 1934 |
3) Frampton – of the "Yard"! | 1935 |
4) The Dumb Witness | 1936 |
5) Was the Mayor Murdered? (US Title: The Bonfire Murder [1937]) | 1936 |
6) The Death Symbol | 1937 |
7) The Man They Feared | 1937 |
8) Five Were Murdered | 1938 |
9) The Man They Put Away | 1938 |
10) The Muse Theatre Murder | 1939 |
11) Two Men from the East | 1939 |
12) The Black Ribbon Murders | 1940 |
13) Melody of Death | 1940 |
14) Crime at Crooked Gables | 1941 |
15) The Devil's Tea-Party | 1942 |
16) The Fool of the "Yard" | 1942 |
17) The Man Who Changed His Face | 1943 |
18) Murder Limps By | 1943 |
19) Murder – by an Idiot | 1944 |
20) Simon Takes "the Rap" | 1944 |
21) The "J for Jenny" Murders | 1945 |
22) The Man with the Crooked Arm | 1945 |
23) Murder in the Village | 1945 |
24) The Strangler | 1945 |
25) The Barush Mystery | 1946 |
26) The Pierced Ear Murders | 1947 |
27) The Silent Four | 1947 |
28) Who Fired the Factory | 1947 |
29) Hunted! | 1948 |
30) Strychnine for One | 1949 |
31) Death Haunts the Repertory | 1950 |
32) The Murder of Doctor Grey | 1950 |
33) The Yellow Disc Murders | 1950 |
34) Murder at Marlington | 1951 |
35) Murder Through Room 45 | 1952 |
36) Frampton Sees Red | 1953 |
37) The Westlade Murders | 1953 |
38) Murder in Windy Coppice | 1954 |
39) A Scream at Midnight | 1954 |
40) The Black Rat | 1955 |
41) Murder in the Surgery | 1955 |
42) Pagan Joe | 1956 |
43) Where Was Trail Murdered? | 1956 |
44) Condemned to Live | 1957 |
45) Murder at Lantern Corner | 1957 |
46) The Elusive Killer | 1958 |
47) The Hospital Thief | 1959 |
48) The Vestry Murder | 1959 |
49) The Spider Man | 1961 |
50) Murder at Brownhill | 1962 |
Other Novels | |
1) The Broken Trust | 1929 |
2) The Ace of Death | 1930 |
3) The Murder House | 1930 |
4) Death on Danger Hill | 1931 |
5) The House in Sinister Lane | 1931 |
6) The Girl in a Hurry | 1932 |
7) Haunting Lights | 1932 |
8) Alias – The Crimson Snake | 1933 |
9) Lonely Hollow Mystery | 1933 |
10) Creaking Gallows | 1934 |
11) Death Takes a Hand | 1934 |
12) Margaret Benson's View | 1934 |
13) Staring Eyes! | 1935 |
14) Cornered | 1938 |
15) Lying Lips | 1938 |
16) Her Own Affair | 1939 |
17) "Brent" – of Bleak House | 1948 |
18) The Death Letter | 1951 |
19) The Starry Eyed Murder | 1952 |
As 'Michael Sarne' | |
1) The Scarlet Saint | 1932 |