Milward Rodon Kennedy Burge (21 June 1894 – 20 January 1968) was an English

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, journalist, crime writer and

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. He was educated at Winchester College and

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. He served with British Military Intelligence in World War I and then worked for the International Labor Office and the Egyptian government. He was London editor of the ''Empire Digest'' and reviewed mystery fiction for '' The Sunday Times'' and '' The Guardian''. He retired in the 1960s to West Sussex. Burge married Georgina Lee in 1921 and after her death married Eveline Schrieber Billiat in 1926. He also wrote under the pseudonym Evelyn Elder. Kennedy specialised in police mysteries, but also wrote about the adventures of Sir George Bull, a professional private investigator. He also collaborated with other members of The Detection Club on '' The Floating Admiral'' and '' Ask a Policeman''. His series characters are Sir George Bull and Inspector Cornford.

Bibliography

* ''The Bleston Mystery'' (1928) with

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. As Robert Milward Kennedy * ''The Corpse on the Mat'' (1929). Serialised in the US in 1930 as ''The Man Who Rang the Bell'' * ''Corpse Guards Parade'' (1929) * ''Half Mast Murder'' (1930) * ''Death in a Deck-Chair'' (1930) * ''Death to the Rescue'' (1931) * ''The Floating Admiral'' (1931) with others * ''The Murderer of Sleep'' (1932) * ''Bull's Eye'' (1933) * ''Ask a Policeman'' (1933) with others * ''Corpse in Cold Storage'' (1934) * ''Poison in the Parish'' (1935) * ''Sic Transit Gloria'' (1936). Serialised in the US in 1936 as ''Scornful Corpse'' * ''I'll be Judge, I'll be Jury'' (1937) * ''It Began in New York'' (1943) * ''Escape to Quebec'' (1946) * ''The Top Boot'' (1950)

Short stories

*''The Illusionist''. The Bystander, 4 September 1935 *''Through Glass, Darkly''. The Bystander, Christmas Number 1935 *''One Performance Only''. The Bystander, 8 April 1936 *''Mightier Than the Sword''. The Bystander, 29 April 1936 *''Modern Antique''. The Bystander, 11 November 1936 *''The Fur Coat''. The Bystander, 18 August 1937 *''Death in the Kitchen'' *''Fables of Forgetfulness No. 1: It Pays to Forget''. The Bystander, 20 July 1938 *''Fables of Forgetfulness No. 2: A Regretful Lapse''. The Bystander, 27 July 1938 *''Fables of Forgetfulness No. 3: Superstition''. The Bystander, 3 August 1938 *''Why the Button?''. The Bystander, 21 December 1938 *''The Man Outside''. Adelaide Mail, 24 May 1952 *''Deadly Circle''. Avon Argus & Cunderdin-Meckering-Tammin Mail, 25 September 1952 *''You've Been Warned''. Sydney Morning Herald, 26 April 1954 *''The Operative Word''. Aberdeen Evening Express, 18 September 1954

Short non-fiction

* ''The Rendezvous at the Rising Sun''. Sunday Sun & Guardian, 14 July 1935

As Evelyn Elder

* ''Murder in Black and White'' (1931) * ''Angel in the Case'' (1932) * ''Two's Company'' (1952) {{DEFAULTSORT:Kennedy, Milward Alumni of New College, Oxford 1894 births English crime writers 1968 deaths