Margaret Yorke

Margaret Yorke (born 30 January 1924) is an English crime fiction writer, real name Margaret Beda Nicholson (née Larminie).

Life and work

Born in Compton, Surrey,^[1] she spent her childhood in Dublin, moving to England in 1937. During World War II she worked as a hospital librarian, then at eighteen she joined the WRNS as a driver. She now lives in Long Crendon^[2] in Buckinghamshire.

She published her first novel Summer Flight in 1957, and in Dead in the Morning invented an Oxford Don sleuth, Patrick Grant, who shared her love of Shakespeare. Her most recent novels are A Case to Answer (2000) and Cause for Concern (2001).

She was chairman of the Crime Writers Association in 1979-80. She was awarded the 1999 CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger, and the 1982 Martin Beck Award from the Swedish Academy of Detection for The Scent of Fear.

Patrick Grant novels

• Dead in the Morning (1970)
• Silent Witness (1972)
• Grave Matters (1973)
• Mortal Remains (1974)
• Cast for Death (1976)

Other novels

• Summer Flight (1957)
• Pray, Love, Remember (1958)
• Christopher (1959)
• The China Doll (1961)
• Once a Stranger (1962)
• The Birthday (1963)
• Full Circle (1965)
• The Limbo Ladies (1969)
• No Medals for the Major (1974)
• The Small Hours of the Morning (1975)
• The Cost of Silence (1977)
• The Point of Murder (American title The Come-On) (1978)
• Death on Account (1979)
• The Scent of Fear (1980)
• The Hand of Death (1981)
• Devil's Work (1982)
• Find Me a Villain (1983)
• The Smooth Face of Evil (1984)
• Intimate Kill (1985)
• Safely to the Grave (1986)
• Apricot Bed (1986)
• Evidence to Destroy (1987)
• No Fury (1987)
• Speak for the Dead (1988)
• Deceiving Mirror (1988)
• Crime in Question (1989)
• Admit to Murder (1990)(Erkänna mord)
• A Small Deceit (1991)
• Criminal Damage (1992)
• Dangerous to Know (1993)
• Almost the Truth (1994)
• Serious Intent (1995)
• A Question of Belief (1996)(Falskt anklagad)
• Act of Violence (1997)
• False Pretenses (1998)(Falska förespeglingar)
• The Price of Guilt (1999)
• A Case to Answer (2000)
• Cause for Concern (2001)

References

External links

• Margaret Yorke at fantastic fiction
• Margaret Yorke at Bastulli
• Her recent books at Twbooks