Moray Dalton

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Moray Dalton


Born
in Hammersmith, London, The United Kingdom
May 06, 1881

Died
February 22, 1963

Genre


Pseudonym of Katherine Mary Deville Dalton Renoir (1881-1963)

Katherine Dalton was born in Hammersmith, London in 1881, the only child of a Canadian father and English mother. The author wrote two well-received early novels, Olive in Italy (1909), and The Sword of Love (1920). However, her career in crime fiction did not begin until 1924, after which Moray Dalton published twenty-nine mysteries, the last in 1951. The majority of these feature her recurring sleuths, Scotland Yard inspector Hugh Collier and private inquiry agent Hermann Glide. Moray Dalton married Louis Jean Renoir in 1921, and the couple had a son a year later. The author lived on the south coast of England for the majority of her life following the marriage. She died in Wort
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The Black Wings

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One by One They Disappeared The Night of Fear The Belfry Murder The Belgrave Manor Crime The Strange Case of Harriet... The Mystery of the Kneeling...
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“Life is like a swamp, isn’t it. One can only get on by jumping from one solid patch to the next. If you stop to wonder if it will hold you it’s all up.”
Moray Dalton, The Belgrave Manor Crime

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