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Arthur John Rees (1872–1942), was an Australian mystery writer.
Born in Melbourne, he was for a short time on the staff of the '' Melbourne Age'' and later joined the staff of the '' New Zealand Herald''.
In his early twenties he likely went to England.The Moon Rock by Arthur Rees
/ref> His proficiency as a writer of crime-mystery stories is attested by Dorothy Sayers in the introduction to ''Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror'', 1928. Two of his stories were included in an American world-anthology of detective stories. Some of his works were translated into French and German.
Inspector Crewe novels
* ''The Hampstead Mystery'' (1916) ith John Reay Watson* ''The Mystery of the Downs'' (1918) ith John Reay Watson
Grant Colwyn novels
* ''The Shrieking Pit'' (1919)
* ''The Hand in the Dark'' (1920)
Colwin Grey novels
* ''The Threshold of Fear'' (1925)
* ''Simon of Hangletree'' (1926)
* ''Greymarsh'' (1927)
* ''The Investigations of Colwin Grey'' (1932)
Chief Inspector Luckraft novels
* ''The Island of Destiny'' (1923)
* ''Simon of Hangletree'' (1926)
* ''The Pavilion by the Lake'' (1930)
* ''The Tragedy of Twelvetrees'' (1931)
* ''The River Mystery'' (1932)
* ''Aldringham's Last Chance'' (1933)
* ''The Single Clue'' (1940)
Others
* ''The Merry Marauders'' (1913)
* ''The Moon Rock'' (1922)
* ''The Cup of Silence'' (1924)
* ''Love Me Anise'' (1928)
* ''Old Sussex and Her Diarists'' (1929)
* ''The Brink'' (1931)
* ''Peak House'' (1933)
* ''The Flying Argosy'' (1934)
/ref> His proficiency as a writer of crime-mystery stories is attested by Dorothy Sayers in the introduction to ''Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror'', 1928. Two of his stories were included in an American world-anthology of detective stories. Some of his works were translated into French and German.
Bibliography
Inspector Crewe novels
* ''The Hampstead Mystery'' (1916) ith John Reay Watson* ''The Mystery of the Downs'' (1918) ith John Reay Watson
Grant Colwyn novels
* ''The Shrieking Pit'' (1919)
* ''The Hand in the Dark'' (1920)
Colwin Grey novels
* ''The Threshold of Fear'' (1925)
* ''Simon of Hangletree'' (1926)
* ''Greymarsh'' (1927)
* ''The Investigations of Colwin Grey'' (1932)
Chief Inspector Luckraft novels
* ''The Island of Destiny'' (1923)
* ''Simon of Hangletree'' (1926)
* ''The Pavilion by the Lake'' (1930)
* ''The Tragedy of Twelvetrees'' (1931)
* ''The River Mystery'' (1932)
* ''Aldringham's Last Chance'' (1933)
* ''The Single Clue'' (1940)
Others
* ''The Merry Marauders'' (1913)
* ''The Moon Rock'' (1922)
* ''The Cup of Silence'' (1924)
* ''Love Me Anise'' (1928)
* ''Old Sussex and Her Diarists'' (1929)
* ''The Brink'' (1931)
* ''Peak House'' (1933)
* ''The Flying Argosy'' (1934)
References
*E. Morris Miller, ''Australian Literature: A Bibliography to 1938'', Extended to 1950. Edited byFrederick T. Macartney
Frederick Thomas Bennett Macartney (27 September 1887 – 2 September 1980), poet and critic, was born in Port Melbourne, Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising ...
. (Angus and Roberson, Sydney 1956)
External links
* * * 1872 births 1942 deaths Australian crime fiction writers Australian mystery writers {{Australia-writer-stub