Kenneth Giles (died 1974) was a British

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. Giles wrote books under his own name, as well as the

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s Charles Drummond and Edmund McGirr. Giles started as a sporting journalist, and used what he learned there as background for the Drummond novels. The Drummond books star Sgt. Reed, while the McGirr books star a

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Incomplete Bibliography

*''Some Beasts No More'' (1965) *''The Big Greed'' (1966) *''A Provenance of Death'' (1966) *''The Funeral Was in Spain'' (1966) (as Edmund McGirr) *''Death at the Furlong Post'' (1967) (as Charles Drummond) *''Death in Diamonds'' (1967) *''The Lead-Lined Coffin'' (1968) (as Edmund McGirr) *''The Odds on Death'' (1969) (as Charles Drummond) *''Death and Mr. Prettyman'' (1967) *''Here Lies My Wife'' (1967) (as Edmund McGirr) *''A Hearse with Horses'' (1967) (as Edmund McGirr) *''Death among the Stars (1968) *''Death Cracks a Bottle'' (1969) *''Death and the Leaping Ladies'' (1969) (as Charles Drummond) *''An Entry of Death'' (1969) (as Edmund McGirr) *''A Death in the Church'' (1970) *''Stab in the Back'' (1970) (as Charles Drummond) *''Murder Pluperfect (1970) *''No Better Fiend'' (1971) (as Edmund McGirr) *''A Death at the Bar'' (1972) (as Charles Drummond) *''The Lead-Lined Coffin'' (?) (as Edmund McGirr *''An Entry of Death'' (?) (as Edmund McGirr) *''Death Pays the Wages'' (as Edmund McGirr) *''A File on Death'' (1973) *''Bardel's Murder'' (1973) (as Edmund McGirr) *''A Murderous Journey'' (1974) (as Edmund McGirr) British mystery writers British crime fiction writers 1974 deaths Year of birth missing {{UK-novelist-stub