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(Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating was an English writer of crime fiction most notable for his series of novels featuring Inspector Ghote of the Bombay CID.
H. R. F. KEATING was well versed in the worlds of crime, fiction and nonfiction. He was the crime books reviewer for The Times for fifteen years, as well as serving as the chairman of the Crime Writers Association and the Society of Authors. He won the CWA Gold Dagger Award twice, and in 1996 was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for outstanding service to crime fiction.
Genres: Historical Mystery, Mystery
Series
Inspector Ghote
1. The Perfect Murder (1964)
2. Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade (1966)
3. Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes (1967)
4. Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock (1968)
5. Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker (1969)
6. Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg (1970)
7. Inspector Ghote Goes By Train (1971)
8. Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart (1972)
9. Bats Fly Up for Inspector Ghote (1974)
10. Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote (1976)
11. Inspector Ghote Draws a Line (1979)
12. The Murder of the Maharajah (1980)
13. Go West Inspector Ghote (1981)
14. The Sheriff of Bombay (1984)
15. Under a Monsoon Cloud (1986)
16. The Body in the Billiard Room (1987)
17. Dead On Time (1988)
18. The Iciest Sin (1990)
19. Inspector Ghote, His Life and Crimes (1989)
20. Cheating Death (1992)
21. Doing Wrong (1994)
22. Asking Questions (1996)
23. Bribery, Corruption Also (1999)
24. Breaking and Entering (2000)
25. Inspector Ghote's First Case (2008)
26. A Small Case for Inspector Ghote? (2009)
The Inspector Ghote Mysteries: an Omnibus (1996)
1. The Perfect Murder (1964)
2. Inspector Ghote's Good Crusade (1966)
3. Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes (1967)
4. Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock (1968)
5. Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker (1969)
6. Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg (1970)
7. Inspector Ghote Goes By Train (1971)
8. Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart (1972)
9. Bats Fly Up for Inspector Ghote (1974)
10. Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote (1976)
11. Inspector Ghote Draws a Line (1979)
12. The Murder of the Maharajah (1980)
13. Go West Inspector Ghote (1981)
14. The Sheriff of Bombay (1984)
15. Under a Monsoon Cloud (1986)
16. The Body in the Billiard Room (1987)
17. Dead On Time (1988)
18. The Iciest Sin (1990)
19. Inspector Ghote, His Life and Crimes (1989)
20. Cheating Death (1992)
21. Doing Wrong (1994)
22. Asking Questions (1996)
23. Bribery, Corruption Also (1999)
24. Breaking and Entering (2000)
25. Inspector Ghote's First Case (2008)
26. A Small Case for Inspector Ghote? (2009)
The Inspector Ghote Mysteries: an Omnibus (1996)
Harriet Martens
1. The Hard Detective (2000)
2. A Detective in Love (2001)
3. A Detective Under Fire (2002)
4. The Dreaming Detective (2003)
5. A Detective at Death's Door (2004)
6. One Man and His Bomb (2006)
7. Rules, Regs and Rotten Eggs (2007)
1. The Hard Detective (2000)
2. A Detective in Love (2001)
3. A Detective Under Fire (2002)
4. The Dreaming Detective (2003)
5. A Detective at Death's Door (2004)
6. One Man and His Bomb (2006)
7. Rules, Regs and Rotten Eggs (2007)
Novels
Death and the Visiting Firemen (1959)
Zen There Was Murder (1960)
A Rush On the Ultimate (1961)
The Dog It Was That Died (1962)
Death of a Fat God (1963)
Is Skin-Deep, Is Fatal (1965)
The Strong Man (1971)
The Underside (1974)
A Remarkable Case of Burglary (1975)
Murder Must Appetize (1975)
Murder by Death (1976)
A Long Walk to Wimbledon (1978)
Sherlock Holmes, the Man and His World (1979)
The Governess (1983)
The Man of Gold (1985) (as by Evelyn Hervey)
Mrs. Craggs: Crimes Cleaned Up (1985)
Into the Valley of Death (1986)
The Rich Detective (1993)
The Good Detective (1995)
The Soft Detective (1997)
The Bad Detective (1999)
Jack the Lady Killer (1999)
Zen There Was Murder (1960)
A Rush On the Ultimate (1961)
The Dog It Was That Died (1962)
Death of a Fat God (1963)
Is Skin-Deep, Is Fatal (1965)
The Strong Man (1971)
The Underside (1974)
A Remarkable Case of Burglary (1975)
Murder Must Appetize (1975)
Murder by Death (1976)
A Long Walk to Wimbledon (1978)
Sherlock Holmes, the Man and His World (1979)
The Governess (1983)
The Man of Gold (1985) (as by Evelyn Hervey)
Mrs. Craggs: Crimes Cleaned Up (1985)
Into the Valley of Death (1986)
The Rich Detective (1993)
The Good Detective (1995)
The Soft Detective (1997)
The Bad Detective (1999)
Jack the Lady Killer (1999)
Collections
In Kensington Gardens Once .. (1997)
Silver Bullets (2019) (with Brendan DuBois, Douglas G Greene, Peter Lovesey, Jeffrey Marks and Amy Myers)
Silver Bullets (2019) (with Brendan DuBois, Douglas G Greene, Peter Lovesey, Jeffrey Marks and Amy Myers)
Anthologies edited
Non fiction
Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime (1977) (with Agatha Christie)
Writing Crime Fiction (1986)
Crime and Mystery: the 100 Best Books (1987)
Writing Crime Fiction (1986)
Crime and Mystery: the 100 Best Books (1987)
H R F Keating recommends
Green for Danger (1944)
(Inspector Cockrill, book 2)
Christianna Brand
"The last golden crown of the Golden Age detective story."
The Long Escape (1950)
(Al Colby, book 1)
David Dodge
"One of the exceptional suspense novelists of the 40s and 50s."
The Stain on the Snow (1953)
Georges Simenon
"I doubt whether it is possible for the crime novel to rise to greater heights than it does in Simenon's hands here."
A Helping Hand (1966)
Celia Dale
"The accuracy, understanding and quiet wit of Jane Austen - plus murder."
Gently in Trees (1974)
(Chief Superintendent Gently, book 21)
Alan Hunter
"The thinking man's Maigret."
Ripley's Game (1974)
(Ripley, book 3)
Patricia Highsmith
"The Ripley books are marvellously, insanely readable."
The Sherlock Effect (1997)
Raymond Kay Lyon
"Its premise is delightful and its accounts of its latter-day Holmes have not a little of Conan Doyle's wonderful story-telling power."
The Devil in Disguise (1998)
(Harry Devlin, book 6)
Martin Edwards
"How good to find a crime novel that doesn't rely on lurid violence to beat you into submission. Instead, here's solid storytelling everyday, Liverpool legal background and a nice scattering of perky jokes."
The Reckoning (1999)
Ted Allbeury
"Allbeury's people are real in the sense that Greene's or Maugham's are."
Hot Potato (2003)
(Fizz and Buchanan, book 7)
Joyce Holms
"Every now and again we are lucky enough to be given a crime writer whose work has that cherishable mark of difference. Joyce Holms is one of that rare band."
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