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Bernard Knight


Born
in Cardiff, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1931

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers


Aka Bernard Picton.

Professor Bernard Knight, CBE, (born 1931) became a Home Office pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980. He has been writing since before 1963, when his first crime novel was published. Since then, he has written about thirty books, including contemporary crime fiction, historical novels about Wales, biography, non-fiction popular works on forensic medicine, twelve medico-legal textbooks and the Crowner John Mysteries series of 12th-century historical mysteries.

In addition, he has written scripts for radio and television dramas and documentaries, including the forensic series The Expert starring Marius Goring, in the 1970s. He has contributed ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 14,849 ratings · 938 reviews · 104 distinct works • Similar authors
The Sanctuary Seeker (Crown...
3.93 avg rating — 2,088 ratings — published 1998 — 14 editions
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The Poisoned Chalice (Crown...
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Crowner's Quest (Crowner Jo...
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The Witch Hunter (Crowner J...
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The Awful Secret (Crowner J...
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The Grim Reaper (Crowner Jo...
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Fear in the Forest (Crowner...
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The Noble Outlaw (Crowner J...
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Series by Bernard Knight

The Sanctuary Seeker The Poisoned Chalice Crowner's Quest The Awful Secret The Tinner's Corpse The Grim Reaper Fear in the Forest
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Where Death Delights According to the Evidence Grounds for Appeal
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The Lately Deceased The Thread of Evidence Mistress Murder Russian Roulette Policeman's Progress Tiger at Bay The Expert
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3.93 avg rating — 175 ratings

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“high above John’s”
― Bernard Knight, The Sanctuary Seeker
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“steward, bailiff, falconer, houndmaster”
― Bernard Knight, Figure of Hate
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