Kenneth Giles

Kenneth Giles British Crime writer. Giles, who died in 1974, wrote books under his own name, as well as the pseudonyms 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 private eye.

Incomplete Bibliography

• Some Beasts No More (1965)
• 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 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 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)
• No Better Fiend (1971) (as Edmund McGirr)
• A Death at the Bar (1972) (as Charles Drummond)
• A File on Death (1973)
• Bardel's Murder (1973) (as Edmund McGirr)
• A Murderous Journey (1974) (as Edmund McGirr)