Herbert Adams was an English writer of fifty 'cosy' mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bannion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym Jonathan Gray.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Jimmie Haswell
The Secret of Bogey House (1924)
The Crooked Lip (1926)
The Queen's Gate Mystery (1927)
Rogues Fall Out (1928)
The Empty Bed (1928)
The Golden Ape (1930)
The Crime in the Dutch Garden (1931)
The Paulton Plot (1932)
The Woman in Black (1933)
The Secret of Bogey House (1924)
The Crooked Lip (1926)
The Queen's Gate Mystery (1927)
Rogues Fall Out (1928)
The Empty Bed (1928)
The Golden Ape (1930)
The Crime in the Dutch Garden (1931)
The Paulton Plot (1932)
The Woman in Black (1933)
Roger Bennion
Death Off the Fairway (1936)
The Old Jew Mystery (1936)
A Single Hair (1937)
Black Death (1938)
The Damned Spot (1938)
The Nineteenth Hole Mystery (1939)
The Case of the Stolen Bridegroom (1940)
The Chief Witness (1940)
Roger Bennion's Double (1941)
Stab in the Back (1941)
Signal for Invasion (1942)
The Araway Oath (1942)
Victory Song (1943)
Four Winds (1944)
The Writing on the Wall (1945)
Diamonds Are Trumps (1947)
Crime Wave at Little Cornford (1948)
One to Play (1949)
The Dean's Daughters (1950)
The Sleeping Draught (1951)
The Exit Skeleton (1952)
The Spectre in Brown (1953)
Slippery Dick (1954)
The Judas Kiss (1955)
Welcome Home! (1956)
Death on the First Tee (1957)
Death of a Viewer (1958)
Death Off the Fairway (1936)
The Old Jew Mystery (1936)
A Single Hair (1937)
Black Death (1938)
The Damned Spot (1938)
The Nineteenth Hole Mystery (1939)
The Case of the Stolen Bridegroom (1940)
The Chief Witness (1940)
Roger Bennion's Double (1941)
Stab in the Back (1941)
Signal for Invasion (1942)
The Araway Oath (1942)
Victory Song (1943)
Four Winds (1944)
The Writing on the Wall (1945)
Diamonds Are Trumps (1947)
Crime Wave at Little Cornford (1948)
One to Play (1949)
The Dean's Daughters (1950)
The Sleeping Draught (1951)
The Exit Skeleton (1952)
The Spectre in Brown (1953)
Slippery Dick (1954)
The Judas Kiss (1955)
Welcome Home! (1956)
Death on the First Tee (1957)
Death of a Viewer (1958)
Novels
A Virtue of Necessity (1899)
By Order of the Five (1925)
The Sloane Square Mystery (1925)
Comrade Jill (1926)
Caroline Ormsby's Crime (1929)
Oddways (1930)
The Golf House Murder (1933)
aka John Brand's Will
The Knife (1933)
aka The Strange Murder of Hatton, K.C
Mystery and Minette (1934)
Safety Last (1934) (as by Jonathan Gray)
The Body in the Bunker (1935)
Fate Laughs (1935)
A Word of Six Letters (1936)
aka Murder Without Risk
The Owl (1937) (as by Jonathan Gray)
The Scarlet Feather (1943)
Murder Most Just (1956)
By Order of the Five (1925)
The Sloane Square Mystery (1925)
Comrade Jill (1926)
Caroline Ormsby's Crime (1929)
Oddways (1930)
The Golf House Murder (1933)
aka John Brand's Will
The Knife (1933)
aka The Strange Murder of Hatton, K.C
Mystery and Minette (1934)
Safety Last (1934) (as by Jonathan Gray)
The Body in the Bunker (1935)
Fate Laughs (1935)
A Word of Six Letters (1936)
aka Murder Without Risk
The Owl (1937) (as by Jonathan Gray)
The Scarlet Feather (1943)
Murder Most Just (1956)
Collections
Books containing stories by Herbert Adams
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