Douglas Rutherford


(James Douglas Rutherford McConnell)
(1915 - 1988)

aka Paul Temple

Pseudonym of James Douglas Rutherford McConnell. He was born in Kilkenny, Ireland. He studied at Clare College, Cambridge. In the Second World War, he served in the British Intelligence Corps in North Africa and Italy. After the war, he worked as a teacher at Eton College. Apart from writing crime fiction, he also wrote books of language instruction and collaborated on two novels with Francis Durbridge.
 


Genres: Mystery
 
Series
Paddy Regan
   1. Comes the Blind Fury (1950)
   2. Meet a Body (1951)
   3. Telling of Murder (1952)
     aka Flight Into Peril
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Paul Temple (as by Paul Temple)
   The Tyler Mystery (1957)
   East of Algiers (1959)
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Novels
   The Chequered Flag (1955)
   The Grand Prix Murders (1955)
   The Perilous Sky (1956)
   The Long Echo (1957)
   A Shriek of Tyres (1958)
     aka On the Track of Death
   Murder Is Incidental (1961)
   The Creeping Flesh (1963)
   The Black Leather Murders (1966)
   Skin for Skin (1968)
   The Gilt-edged Cockpit (1969)
   Clear the Fast Lane (1971)
   The Gunshot Grand Prix (1972)
   Kick Start (1973)
   Killer On the Track (1973)
   Mystery Tour (1975)
   Return Load (1977)
   Collision Course (1978)
   Turbo (1980)
   Porcupine Basin (1981)
   Stop At Nothing (1983)
   A Game Of Sudden Death (1987)
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Award nominations
1957 Crossed Red Herring Award (nominee) : The Long Echo


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