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Francis Vivian

Born

in East Retford, Nottinghamshire, The United Kingdom

March 23, 1906

Died

April 02, 1979

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Francis Vivian, pseudonym of Arthur Ernest Ashley, was an English writer of detective stories. He was a founding member of the Nottingham Writers' Club. His series detectives are Insp. John Burnell, Sgt. Ronnie Drew and in most of his novels Insp. Gordon Knollis. ...more

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Average rating: 4.01 · 947 ratings · 72 reviews · 19 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Death of Mr. Lomas (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #1) 3.58 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1941 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sable Messenger (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #2) 4.01 avg rating — 110 ratings — published 1947 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Threefold Cord (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #3) 4.26 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1947 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ninth Enemy (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #4) 4.12 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1948 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Singing Masons (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #6) 4.22 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1950 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Elusive Bowman (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #7) 4.11 avg rating — 81 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Laughing Dog (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #5) 4.16 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1949 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Ladies of Locksley (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #9) 3.96 avg rating — 71 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dead Opposite the Church: A Golden Age Mystery 3.84 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1959 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sleeping Island (The Inspector Knollis Mysteries #8) 4.16 avg rating — 62 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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The Inspector Knollis Mysteries (10 books)
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“the secretary. The scraggy, bespectacled official crept from his lair as if he had been in hiding or preparing to hibernate at the wrong time of the year.”
― Francis Vivian, The Death of Mr. Lomas

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“The waiters did not merely come when summoned; they appeared at one’s elbow like djinns from the bowels of the earth. And as one spoke the words fell softly and died on the spot.”
― Francis Vivian, The Death of Mr. Lomas

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“Eliminate the impossible, and whatever remains must be the answer. That is an old axiom.”
― Francis Vivian, The Death of Mr. Lomas

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