Herbert Adams was an English writer of fifty 'cosy' mystery novels, mostly featuring the detective Roger Bennion, which were often set in or around golfing competitions. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym Jonathan Gray. Herbert Adams is the creator of: 1. 'Jimmie Haswell', a lawyer in London. 2. 'Roger Bennion', a golfer and amateur sleuth. Adams also wrote under the pseudonym 'Jonathan Gray'. 'Jimmie Haswell' Novels: 1) The Secret of Bogey House 1924 2) The Crooked Lip 1926 3) The Queen's Gate Mystery 1927 4) The Empty Bed 1928 5) Rogues Fall Out 1928 6) The Golden Ape 1930 7) The Crime in the Dutch Garden 1931 8) The Paulton Plot 1932 9) The Woman in Black 1933 'Roger Bennion' Novels 1) Death Off the Fairway 1936 2) The Old Jew Mystery 1936 3) A Single Hair 1937 4) The Bluff 1938 5) The Damned Spot 1938 6) Black Death 1939 7) The Nineteenth Hole Mystery 1939 8) The Case of the Stolen Bridegroom 1940 9) The Chief Witness 1940 10) Roger Bennion's Double 1941 11) Stab in the Back 1941 12) The Araway Oath 1942 13) Signal for Invasion 1942 14) Victory Song 1943 15) Four Winds 1944 16) The Writing on the Wall 1945 17) Diamonds Are Trumps 1947 18) Crime Wave at Little Cornford 1948 19) One to Play 1949 20) The Dean's Daughters 1950 21) The Sleeping Draught 1951 22) Exit the Skeleton 1952 23) The Spectre in Brown 1953 24) Slippery Dick 1954 25) The Judas Kiss 1955 26) Welcome Home! 1956 27) Death on the First Tee 1957 28) Death of a Viewer 1958 Other Novels 1) A Virtue of Necessity 1899 2) By Order of the Five 1925 3) The Sloane Square Mystery 1925 4) Comrade Jill 1926 5) The Perfect Round 1927 6) Caroline Ormsby's Crime 1929 7) Oddways 1930 8) John Brand's Will 1933 9) The Knife 1934 10) Mystery and Minette 1934 11) The Body in the Bunker 1935 12) Fate Laughs 1935 13) A Word of Six Letters 1936 14) The Scarlet Feather 1943 15) Murder Most Just 1956 As 'Jonathan Gray' 1) Safety Last 1934 2) The Owl 1937
