Bill Knox

Bill Knox , actually William Knox (* 1928 in Glasgow ; † March 1999 ibid), was a Scottish writer , journalist and editor at television.

Life

In 1944, at the age of 16, Knox became a journalist for a Glasgow daily newspaper. From the beginning, criminology and cars focus of his reports.

In the early 1950s, Knox began writing crime novels with great success . He wrote his over 50 novels under his own name, but also used pseudonyms such as Michael Kirk , Robert MacLeod and Noah Webster .

From 1972 Knox worked for Scottish Television ( STV ). He ran a monthly program for over ten years (similar to Police 5 ) calling on people to help solve crimes in Scotland. Knox also developed the Tales of Crime for the STV , in which he reported in detail about famous crimes from Scotland.

Knox could not finish his last novel The Lazarus Widow ; this then took over the writer Martin Edwards .

A film adaptation of his crime novel Schlafwagen nach Glasgow was broadcast on ZDF in 1981 under the title Robbery in Glasgow with Götz George in the leading role .

Works (selection)

Fiction

• On Ash Wednesday, everything will be over. Detective novel ("A witchdance in Bavaria"). Goldmann, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-442-04514-2 .
• On snowy streets. Detective novel ("The cockatoo crime"). Goldmann, Munich 1961.
• From a reliable source. Detective novel ("Deadline for a dream"). Goldmann, Munich 1962.
• The barometer is pointing to storm. Detective novel ("Blueback"). Goldmann, Munich 1969.
• Blood proof . Allison & Busby, London 1999, ISBN 0-749-00324-3 ( short stories)
• Blood group B. Detective novel ("The deep fall"). Goldmann, Munich 1966.
• Cave the bats . John Long Publications, London 1964.
• The counterfeit killers . Constable, London 1996, ISBN 0-094-75640-6 .
• Country Club wives . Beeline Books, London 1997, ISBN 0-503-50338-X ( short stories)
• A cut in diamonds . Ulverscroft, Leicester 1997, ISBN 0-708-93850-7 .
• Three pairs of nylon stockings. Detective novel ("Death Department"). Goldmann, Munich 1962.
• The drowning nets . Hutchinson Publications, London 1991, ISBN 0-0917-4458-X .
• Dynamite in the wrong hands. Detective novel ("Children of the mist"). Goldmann, Munich 1970.
• The pilot's mistake. Detective novel ("Pilot error"). Goldmann, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-442-04978-4 .
• Long distance call to Rome. Detective novel ("Leave it to the hangman"). Goldmann, Munich 1962.
• Freight fraud. Detective novel ("Cargo risk"). Goldmann, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-442-04909-1 .
• Gangster battle in Glasgow. Detective novel ("Justice on the rocks"). Goldmann, Munich 1968.
• Dangerous reasons to catch. Detective novel ("Whitewater"). Goldmann, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-442-04384-0 .
• Dangerous cargo. Detective novel ("The scavengers"). Goldmann, Munich 1965.
• The secret of Lake Calu. Adventure novel ("The lake of fury"). Goldmann, Munich 1968.
• The vulture's nest. Detective novel ("Nest of vultures"). Goldmann, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-442-04290-9 .
• Stranded in front of the bay. Detective novel ("Salvage job"). Goldmann, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-442-04842-7 .
• Toxic cargo. Detective novel ("Mayday from Malaga"). Goldmann, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-442-04959-8 .
• The grave on the west coast. Detective novel ("Hellspout"). Goldmann, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-442-04560-6 .
• The witches rock. Detective novel ("Witchrock"). Goldmann, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-442-04806-0 .
• In the valleys of the Atlas. Adventure novel ("Place of mists"). Goldmann, Munich 1970.
• Into the fire with the witch. Keriminalroman ("To kill a witch"). Goldmann, Munich 1973.
• Got into the net. Detective novel ("Blacklight"). Goldmann, Munich 1967.
• Isle of the Dragon. Adventure novel ("Isle of Dragons"). Goldmann, Munich 1969.
• The interface man . Century Books, London 1989, ISBN 0-712-61913-5 .
• Small drops of blood. Detective novel ("Little drops of blood"). Goldmann, Munich 1963.
• The contact is broken. Detective novel ("Seafire"). Goldmann, Munich 1971.
• The Lazarus widow . Constable, London 1999, ISBN 0-094-79680-7 (finished by Martin Edwards)
• Live bait . John Long Publications, London 1978, ISBN 0-09-136190-7 ( short stories).
• The magic sign. Adventure novel ("Drum of power"). Goldmann, Munich 1969.
• Mackerel and murder. Detective novel ("Bloodtide"). Goldmann, Munich 1984, ISBN 3-442-04952-0 .
• The man in the bottle. Detective novel ("The man oin the bottle"). Goldmann, Munich 1964.
• The Moorish fort. Detective novel ("A burial in Portugal"). Goldmann, Munich 1974, ISBN 3-442-25918-5 .
• With wrong labels. Detective novel ("The hanging tree"). Goldmann, Munich 1985, ISBN 3-442-04966-0 .
• Murder is not a gentlemanly offense. Detective novel ("The Klondyker"). Goldmann, Munich 1967.
• Rally into the afterlife. Detective novel ("Rally to kill"). Goldmann, Munich 1975, ISBN 3-442-04464-2 .
• The red widow. Detective novel (“A problem in Prague”). Goldmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-442-04933-4 .
• Sleeper to Glasgow. Detective novel ("Die for Big Betsy"). Goldmann, Munich 1962.
• Seafaring brings death. Detective novel ("Wavecrest"). Goldmann, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-442-05015-4 .
• Interference on channel 15. Detective novel ("Death calls the shots"). Goldmann, Munich 1962.
• Spanish ducats. Detective novel ("Sanctuary Isle"). Goldmann, Munich 1963.
• The game is getting serious. Detective novel ("Draw batons"). Goldmann, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-11589-2 .
• Storm surge. Detective novel ("Stormtide"). Goldmann, Munich 1972.
• Deadly cargo. Detective novel ("Bombship"). Goldmann, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-442-04906-7 .
• The death of the coffin maker. Detective novel ("Killing in atiques"). Goldmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-442-04918-0 .
• The dead from Loch Lomond. Detective novel ("The crossfire killings"). Goldmann, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-442-05025-1 .
• Poisoned oysters. Detective novel ("Devilweed"). Goldmann, Munich 1966.
• View from Daniel Pike . Arrow Books, London 1974, ISBN 0-09-908230-6 (based on documents by Edward Boyd ).
• Whiskey flowed freely. Detective novel ("The taste of proof"). Goldmann, Munich 1965.
• Payable in Switzerland. Detective novel (“Pay-off in Switzerland”). Goldmann, Munich 1978, ISBN 3-442-04718-8 .
• Incident in Iceland. Detective novel ("An incident in Iceland"). Goldmann, Munich 1987, ISBN 3-442-04899-0 .

Non-fiction

• Court of Murder. Famous trials at Glasgow High Court . John Long Publications, London 1968.
• Tales of crime . Mainstream Books, Glasgow 1982, ISBN 0-90-639135-0 (based on the television series of the same name)

Web links

• Literature by and about Bill Knox in the catalog of the German National Library
• Bill Knox in the Internet Movie Database (English)