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H R F Keating

(Henry Raymond F Keating)
UK  (1926 - )
aka
Evelyn Hervey
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About H R F Keating
H. R. F. KEATING is well versed in the worlds of crime, fiction and nonfiction. He was the crime books reviewer for The Times (London) for fifteen years, as well as serving as the chairman of the Crime Writers Association and the Society of Authors. He is best known for his Inspector Ghote series. He has won the CWA Gold Dagger Award twice, and in 1996 was awarded the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger for outstanding service to crime fiction. He lives in London with his wife.
 
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A Small Case for Inspector Ghote?
A Small Case for Inspector Ghote?
(Inspector Ghote, book 26)

H R F Keating recommends
Green for Danger
Green for Danger (1944)
(Inspector Cockrill)
Christianna Brand
"The last golden crown of the Golden Age detective story."
The Long Escape
The Long Escape (1950)
(Al Colby)
David Dodge
"One of the exceptional suspense novelists of the 40s and 50s."
The Stain on the Snow
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."
Mad Hatter's Holiday
Mad Hatter's Holiday (1973)
(Sergeant Cribb, book 4)
Peter Lovesey
"His best yet."
Ripley's Game
Ripley's Game (1974)
(Ripley, book 3)
Patricia Highsmith
"The Ripley books are marvellously, insanely readable."
The Devil in Disguise
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
The Reckoning (1999)
Ted Allbeury
"Allbeury's people are real in the sense that Greene's or Maugham's are."
Hot Potato
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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