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H R F Keating


(Henry Raymond F Keating)
UK flag (1926 - 2011)

aka Evelyn Hervey

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.
 

Awards: Agatha (2005), CWA (1996)  see all

Genres: Historical Mystery, Mystery
 
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)
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Collections
   In Kensington Gardens Once .. (1997)
   Silver Bullets (2019) (with others)
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Anthologies edited
   Crime Writers (1978)
   Crime Waves 1 (1991)
   The Man Who... (1992)
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Books containing stories by H R F Keating
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Vintage Crime (2020)
(Crime Writer's Association Anthology)
edited by
Martin Edwards

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Awards
2005 Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement
1996 CWA Diamond Dagger
1980 CWA Gold Dagger : The Murder of the Maharajah
1964 CWA Gold Dagger : The Perfect Murder

Award nominations
1966 Edgar Award for Best Novel (nominee) : The Perfect Murder


H R F Keating recommends
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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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The Reckoning (1999)
Ted Allbeury
"Allbeury's people are real in the sense that Greene's or Maugham's are."
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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."

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