Amy Myers

Amy Myers (* 1938 in Kent ) is an English editor and writer .

Life

Myers studied at the University of Reading a . a. English literature and literary history . She then worked as an editor in a publishing house for over ten years. She married James Myers, whom she met while studying. Around 1975 Myers was promoted to managing director of a publishing house in London and held this position until 1988.

reception

Myer's husband worked in Paris during the early years of their marriage , and her regular visits to France coincided with her first literary attempts. This is why she came up with the idea of designing her protagonist “Auguste Didier” as a French man who lives and works in Great Britain. Myers also published some works under the pseudonyms Harriet Hudson and Laura Daniels .

Works (selection)

As Amy Myers

Auguste Didier series

• Murder in the servants' room. Detective novel ("Murder in pug's parlor"). 3rd edition structure TBV, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-7466-1087-7 .
• Murder in the spotlight. Detective novel ("Murder in the limelight"). 2nd edition structure TBV, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-7466-1088-5 .
• Murder in the club. Detective novel ("Murder at Plums"). 2nd edition structure TBV, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-7466-1482-1 .
• Murder in Cannes. Detective novel ("Murder at the Masque"). Structure of TBV, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-7466-1089-3 (former title Mord auf dem Maskenball ).
• Murder as a starter. Detective novel ("Murder makes an entrée"). Structure of the TBV, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-7466-1082-6 .
• Murder in the pavilion. Detective novel ("Murder in the smokehouse"). Structure of the TBV, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-7466-1084-2 .
• Murder in the Music Hall. Detective novel ("Murder at the Music Hall"). Structure of the TBV, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-7466-1085-0 .
• Murder in the motor club. Detective novel ("Murder in the motor stable"). Structure of the TBV, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-7466-1086-9 .
• Murder on their wedding night. Detective novel ("Murder with majesty"). Structure of the TBV, Berlin 1998, ISBN 3-7466-1481-3 .
• Murder in the queen's boudoir. Detective novel ("Murder in the Queen's Boudoir"). Structure of the TBV, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-7466-1483-X .
• Murder on the banquet. Collection of short stories . Structure of the TBV, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-7466-1480-5 .

Marsh & Daughter cycle

• The Wickenham Murders . Severn House, Sutton 2004, ISBN 0-7278-6116-6 .
  • Translation: The Wickenham Murders . German by Nadine Erler . Digital publishers. Stuttgart 2020.
• Murder on Friday Street . Severn House, Sutton 2005, ISBN 0-7278-6301-0 .
• Murder in Hell's Corner . Severn House, Sutton 2006, ISBN 0-7278-6393-2 .
• Murder and the golden goblet . Severn House, Sutton 2007, ISBN 0-7278-6473-4 .
• Murder in the mist . Severn House, Sutton 2008, ISBN 0-7278-6658-3 .
• Murder takes the stage . Severn House, Sutton 2009, ISBN 0-7278-6789-X .
• Murder on the old road . Severn House, Sutton 2010, ISBN 0-7278-6952-3 .

Standalones

• Tom Dickens and the painter's mistress. Detective novel . Structure of the TBV, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-7466-1484-8 .
• Murder under pine branch ( "Murder under the kissing bough"). Structure of the TBV, Berlin 1995, ISBN 3-7466-1083-4 .

As Harriet Hudson

• The man who came back . Severn House, Sutton 2010, ISBN 978-1-8475-1185-0 .
• When nightingales sing . Headline Press, London 1990, ISBN 0-7472-0215-X .
• The windy mill . Severn House, Sutton 2004, ISBN 0-7278-6028-3 .
• Wind roses . Severn House, Sutton, 1999, ISBN 0-7278-2275-6 .
• Not in our stars . Severn House, Sutton 1998, ISBN 0-7278-5327-9 .
• The sun in glory . Headline Press, London 1991, ISBN 0-7472-3745-X .
• The wooing of Katie May . Magne Large Books, Long Preston 1994, ISBN 0-7505-0672-5 .
• Look for me by moonlight . Headline Press, London 1989, ISBN 0-7472-3182-6 .
• The girl from Gadsby's . Headline Press, London 1993, ISBN 0-7472-4272-0 .

As Laura Daniels

• The Lakenham Folly . Headline Press, London 1995, ISBN 0-7472-1354-2 .
• Pleasant vices . Headline Press, London 1994, ISBN 0-7472-1079-9 .

Web links

• Homepage of Amy Myers