Name Hartley Howard Role Novelist | Died 1979, United Kingdom Movies Assignment K | |
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Hartley Howard (1908–1979) was a pen name of Leopold Horace Ognall, a British crime novelist. Ognall was born in Montreal and worked as a journalist before starting his fiction career. He wrote over ninety novels before his death in 1979. The private eye Glenn Bowman was one of his most successful characters. As Harry Carmichael, Ognall's primary series characters were John Piper (an insurance assessor) and "Quinn," a crime reporter.
Ognall's son Harry Ognall became a high court judge and conducted the hearings regarding former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet.
Harry Carmichael
Ognall created the pseudonym "Harry Carmichael" as an amalgam of the names of his immediate family: His son Harry, his wife Cecilia, his daughter Margaret, and his son Michael.
As Harry Carmichael, Ognall authored the following novels (with year of publication):
- Death Leaves a Diary 1952
- The Vanishing Trick 1952
- Deadly Night-Cap 1953
- School for Murder 1953
- Why Kill Johnny? 1954
- Death Counts Three (US Title: The Screaming Rabbit) 1954
- Money for Murder 1955
- Noose for a Lady 1955
- The Dead of Night 1956
- Justice Enough 1956
- Emergency Exit 1957
- Put Out That Star (US Title: Into Thin Air) 1957
- James Knowland: Deceased 1958
- A Question of Time 1958
- ...Or Be He Dead 1959
- Stranglehold (US Title: Marked Man) 1959
- Requiem for Charles (US Title: The Late Unlamented) 1960
- The Seeds of Hate 1960
- Alibi 1961
- Confession 1961
- The Link 1962
- Of Unsound Mind 1962
- Vendetta 1963
- Flashback 1964
- Safe Secret 1964
- Post Mortem 1965
- Suicide Clause 1966
- The Condemned 1967
- Murder by Proxy 1967
- A Slightly Bitter Taste 1968
- Death Trap 1970
- Remote Control 1970
- Most Deadly Hate 1971
- The Quiet Woman 1971
- Naked to the Grave 1972
- Candles for the Dead 1973
- Too Late for Tears 1973
- The Motive 1974
- False Evidence 1976
- A Grave for Two 1977
- Life Cycle 1978