Colin Watson

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Colin Watson (born February 1, 1920 in Croydon , Surrey , † January 17, 1983 ) was an English writer of crime novels .

Life

Watson worked as a journalist for a number of years (including in Boston (Lincolnshire) and London ) before he could settle down as a freelance writer. In 1958 he made a successful debut with his first detective novel and remained loyal to this genre from then on .

Watson invented a. a. "Inspector Purbright" who was investigating the fictional town of Flaxborough . His Flaxborough series established his reputation as a writer and some of them have also been filmed for television by the BBC in the Murder most English series. With his work "Snobbery with violence" he dealt in a very ironic way with the works of his colleagues Agatha Christie , Edward Phillips Oppenheim , Dorothy L. Sayers and Edgar Wallace .

Works (selection)

  • Flaxborough series
  1. Coffin, scarely used . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1958.
  2. Every Tuesday ... detective novel ("Bump in the night"). Müller Verlag, Stuttgart 19654.
  3. Hopjoy was here. A novel . Methuen, London 1983, ISBN 0-413-52530-9 .
  4. Discretion is not a matter of honor. Detective novel. ("Lonelyheart 4122"). Desch Verlag, Munich 1963.
  5. Charity ends at home . Methuen, London 1991, ISBN 0-7493-0662-9 .
  6. The Flaxborough crab . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1983, ISBN 0-7493-0665-3 .
  7. Broomsticks over Flaxborough . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1972.
  8. The naked nuns . Methuen, London 1986, ISBN 0-413-45250-6 .
  9. One man's meat . Methuen, London 1988, ISBN 0-413-40460-9 .
  10. Plaster Sinners . Eyre Methuen, London 1980, ISBN 0-413-39040-3 .
  11. Whatever's been going on the Mumblesby? Mandarin Books, London 1991, ISBN 0-7493-1038-3 .
  • The Puritan . Eyre & Spottiswoode, London 1966.
  • Snobbery with violence. English crime stories and their audience . Methuen, London 1987, ISBN 0-413-14260-4 .

Film adaptations

  • Ronald Wilson (Director): Murder most English - The Flaxborough chronicles . UK 1977
  1. Hopjoy was here 1 .
  2. Hopjoy was here 2 . Lonely hearts 4122 1 .
  3. Lonelyhearts 4122 2 .
  4. The Flaxborough crab 1 .
  5. The Flaxborough 2 .
  6. Coffin, scarely used 1 .
  7. Coffin, scarely used 2 .

literature

  • Armin Arnold u. a. (Ed.): Reclams Kriminalromanführer . Reclam, Stuttgart 11978, ISBN 3-15-010278-2 , p. 346.

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personal data
SURNAME Watson, Colin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English novelist of crime fiction
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Croydon , Surrey
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 1983