Barrie Roberts (
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
, 1939 – 2007)
[Barrie Roberts](_blank)
at Fantasticfiction.co.uk was an English author,
folk singer,
freelance journalist,
and criminal lawyer.
Biography
Born in
Hampshire
Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English cities on its south coast, Southampton and Portsmouth, Hampshire ...
in 1939,
Roberts was educated at
Churcher's College
Churcher's College is an independent, fee-charging day school for girls and boys, founded in 1722. The Senior School (ages 11–18) is in the market town of Petersfield, Hampshire with the Junior School and Nursery (ages 2 years, 9 months–11) ...
.
As a lawyer, Roberts worked for two firms in the West Midlands
and at one he was a part of the appeal for the
Birmingham Six
The Birmingham Six were six Irishmen who were each sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 following their false convictions for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Their convictions were declared unsafe and unsatisfactory and quashed by the C ...
.
As an instructor, Roberts taught courses on Ghosts and Unsolved Mysteries
and has also lectured on the
Assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
Roberts was a member of the Gypsy council
[Obituary: Barrie Roberts](_blank)
at The Guardian
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and interested himself in the treatment of
Gypsies and other travellers.
Bibliography
Chris Tyroll
*''Victory Snapshot'' (1997)
*''Robbery With Malice'' (1999)
*''Bad Penny Blues'' (2000)
*''Crowner & Justice'' (2002)
Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Novels
*''
Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac
''Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac'' is a 1994 Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Barrie Roberts which pits Sherlock Holmes against an anarchist who is bombing trains. '' (1994)
*''Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail'' (1995)
*''
'' (1997)
*''Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush'' (1998)
*''Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest Of Death'' (1999)
*''Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder'' (2001)
*''Sherlock Holmes and the Rule of Nine'' (2003)
*''Sherlock Holmes and the King's Governess'' (2005)
*''Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels'' (2007)
Short stories
*''The Disappearance of Daniel Question'' (''
The Strand Magazine
''The Strand Magazine'' was a monthly British magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950, running to 711 issues, though the ...
'' #4 2000)
''The Disappearance of Daniel Question''
at The Strand Magazine
''The Strand Magazine'' was a monthly British magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950, running to 711 issues, though the ...
*''The Abbus Parva Tragedy: The Mystery of the Christmas Pie'' (''The Strand Magazine'' Christmas 2001)
*''The Affair of the Christmas Jewel'' (''The Strand Magazine'' Christmas 2002)
*''The Affair of the Christmas Candle'' (''The Strand Magazine'' Christmas 2003)
*''The Mystery of the Addleton Curse'' (''The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures'')
*''The Affair of the Weeping Child'' (''Unpublished'')Personal Correspondence
Non-fiction
*''Midland Ghosts and Hauntings'' (1994)
*''Midland Murders and Mysteries'' (1997)
*''Midland Spirits and Spectres'' (1998)
*''Murder in the Midlands'' (2000)
*''A Taste of Murder'' (2004)
References
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1939 births
2007 deaths
Writers from Hampshire
English essayists
English crime fiction writers
People educated at Churcher's College
British male essayists
English male novelists
20th-century English novelists
20th-century essayists
20th-century English male writers
English male non-fiction writers
20th-century English lawyers