Mary Kelly (writer)
Appearance

Mary Theresa Kelly, née Coolican (28 December 1927 – 2017),[1] was an English writer of crime novels. Born in London, she received an M.A. degree from University of Edinburgh in 1951. She married Dennis Charles Kelly in 1950, and was a teacher in Surrey County Council schools. In 1961, her novel The Spoilt Kill won a Gold Dagger Award.[2]
Bibliography
[edit]Inspector Brett Nightingale series
[edit]Other novels
[edit]- The Spoilt Kill (1961)[6]
- Due to a Death (1962; USA: The Dead of Summer)[7]
- March to the Gallows (1964)[8]
- The Dead Corse (1966)
- Write on Both Sides of the Paper (1969)[9]
- The Twenty-Fifth Hour (1971)[10]
- That Girl in the Alley (1974)
References
[edit]- ^ Edwards, Martin (2019). Introduction to British Library Crime Classics edition of The Christmas Egg.
- ^ Reilly, John M.; Henderson, Lesley, eds. (1980). Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 889. ISBN 978-1-349-81366-7.
- ^ Kelly, Mary (1990). A Cold Coming. Ulverscroft. ISBN 978-0-7089-2192-0.
- ^ Kelly, Mary (1957). Dead Man's Riddle. Secker & Warburg.
- ^ Kelly, Mary (2022). The Christmas Egg: A Seasonal Mystery. Charnwood. ISBN 978-1-4448-4895-3.
- ^ Kelly, Mary (1 December 2020). The Spoilt Kill. Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN 978-1-7282-1998-1.
- ^ Kelly, Mary (3 May 2022). Due to a Death. Sourcebooks, Inc. ISBN 978-1-4642-1582-7.
- ^ Kelly, Mary (1965). March to the Gallows. Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
- ^ Kelly, Mary (1970). Write on Both Sides of the Paper. London House & Maxwell. ISBN 978-0-8277-0340-7.
- ^ Kelly, Mary (1972). The Twenty-fifth Hour. Walker. ISBN 978-0-8027-5242-0.