E.R. Punshon

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E.R. Punshon


Born
in London, The United Kingdom
January 01, 1872

Died
January 01, 1956

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Aka Robertson Halket.

E.R. Punshon (Ernest Robertson Punshon) (1872-1956) was an English novelist and literary critic of the early 20th century. He also wrote under the pseudonym Robertson Halket. Primarily writing on crime and deduction, he enjoyed some literary success in the 1930s and 1940s. Today, he is remembered, in the main, as the creator of Police Constable Bobby Owen, the protagonist of many of Punshon's novels. He reviewed many of Agatha Christie's novels for The Guardian on their first publication.
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Information Received (The B...

3.91 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 1933 — 11 editions
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Crossword Mystery (Bobby Ow...

3.78 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1934 — 9 editions
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Death Among The Sunbathers ...

3.61 avg rating — 207 ratings — published 1934 — 6 editions
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Mystery Villa (The Bobby Ow...

3.81 avg rating — 149 ratings — published 1934 — 9 editions
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Death Comes to Cambers (The...

3.98 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1935 — 6 editions
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Death of a Beauty Queen (Th...

3.85 avg rating — 131 ratings — published 1935 — 8 editions
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The Bath Mysteries (The Bob...

4.03 avg rating — 125 ratings — published 1936 — 5 editions
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The Bittermeads Mystery

3.63 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1922 — 65 editions
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Diabolic Candelabra (Bobby ...

3.80 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 1942 — 7 editions
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The Dark Garden  (The Bobby...

3.87 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1941 — 4 editions
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“if anyone had told him that what really roused his enthusiasm for flogging was a primeval love of cruelty lurking in his sub-consciousness he would have been most indignant.”
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“Of course, his athletic record was good enough to have secured him a post on the staff of almost any school in the land, except the few where the standard is so high that besides the necessary athletics, some scholarship also is demanded.”
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“It seemed to him Mark was one of those who, if only they are called leaders, are prepared to follow dutifully in the path pointed out to them,”
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