Robert Barnard
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Robert Barnard (born November 23, 1936} is a mystery writer, critic and lecturer. His first crime novel Death of an Old Goat was published in 1977. The novel was written while he was a lecturer at University of Tromso in Norway. He has gone on to write more than 40 other books and numerous short stories.
Robert states his favorite crime author is Agatha Christie, and in 1980 published a critique of her work titled A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie.
Robert was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2003 by the Crime Writers Association for a lifetime of achievement.
Robert published, under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable a series of alternative history mystery novels featuring Wolfgang Mozart, having survived to an old age as the detective.
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[edit] Biblography
[edit] Mystery novels
- Dying Flames (2005) ISBN 0-7432-7219-6
- The Graveyard Position (2004) ISBN 0-7432-5346-9
- A Cry From The Dark (2003) ISBN 0-7432-5345-0
- The Mistress of Alderley (2002) ISBN 0-7490-0686-2
- Unholy Dying (2000) ISBN 0-7432-0149-3
- Touched by the Dead (1999)ISBN 0-00-232684-1
- Masters of the House (1994) ISBN 0-380-72511-8
- Scandal in Belgravia (1991) ISBN 1-890208-16-7
- A City of Strangers (1990) ISBN 0-440-20750-9
- At Deaths Door (1988) ISBN 0-00-232195-5
- The Skeleton in the Grass (1987)
- Political Suicide (1986)
- Disposal of the Living (1985)
- A Corpse in a Gilded Cage (1984)
- Out of the Blackout (1984)
- Little Victims (1983)
- Mother's Boys (1981)
- Death in a Cold Climate (1980)
- Posthumous Papers (1979)
- Unruly Son (1978)
- Blood Brotherhood (1977)
- Death of an Old Goat (1977)
- Death on the High Cs (1977)
- A Little Local Murder (1976)
[edit] Charlie Peace series
- A Fall from Grace (2006) ISBN 0-7432-7220-X
- The Bones in the Attic (2001) ISBN 0-684-87379-6
- The Corpse at the Haworth Tandoori (1998) ISBN 0-7432-2427-2
- No Place of Safety (1997) ISBN 0-684-84503-2
- The Bad Samaritan (1995) ISBN 0-00-232562-4
- A Hovering of Vultures (1993)ISBN 0-380-77653-7
- A Fatal Attachment (1992) ISBN 0-380-71998-3
- Death and the Chaste Apprentice (1989)
[edit] Perry Trethowan series
- Death in Purple Prose (1987)
- Bodies (1986)
- The Missing Bronte ([1983]])
- Death and the Princess (1982)
- Sheer Torture (1981)
[edit] Written as Bernard Bastable
- Too Many Notes, Mr. Mozart (1998) ISBN 0-7515-1806-9
- Mansion and its Murder (1998) ISBN 0-7867-0515-9
- Dead, Mr. Mozart (1995) ISBN 0-312-11771-X
[edit] Non fiction
- A Short History of English Literature (1984) ISBN 0-631-19088-0
- A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie (1980)
- Imagery and Theme in the Novels of Dickens (1974)
