Aka Bernard Bastable. Robert Barnard (born 23 November 1936) was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer. Born in Essex, Barnard was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Colchester and at Balliol College in Oxford. His first crime novel, A Little Local Murder, was published in 1976. The novel was written while he was a lecturer at University of Tromsø in Norway. He has gone on to write more than 40 other books and numerous short stories. Barnard has said that his favourite crime writer is Agatha Christie. In 1980 he published a critique of her work titled A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie. Barnard was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2003 by the Crime Writers Association for a lifetime of achievement. Under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable, Robert Barnard has published one standalone novel and three alternate history books starring Wolfgang Mozart as a detective, he having survived to old age. Barnard lived with his wife Louise in Yorkshire. Series: * Perry Trethowan * Charlie Peace
Series
Books
Political Suicide
1986
Fete Fatale
1985
Death of a Salesperson and Other Untimely Exits
1989
A Charitable Body
2012
The Cherry Blossom Corpse
1987
Bodies
1986
The Bad Samaritan
1995
A Stranger in the Family
2010
Out of the Blackout
1985
A Cry From The Dark
2003
A Short History of English Literature
1984
Skeleton in the Grass
1988
A Murder in Mayfair
1999
A Mansion and Its Murder
1998
Unholy Dying
2001
Dying Flames
2005
The Bones In The Attic
2002
A Little Local Murder
1976
Death of a Literary Widow
1979
The Case of the Missing Brontë
1983
Death In A Cold Climate
1981
A Talent to Deceive
An Appreciation of Agatha Christie
1980
Death and the Chaste Apprentice
1989
The Graveyard Position
2005
Masters of the House
1994
Blood Brotherhood
1977
Death of A Mystery Writer
1979
The Mistress of Alderley
2000
No Place Of Safety
1998
Last Post
2007
Death By Sheer Torture
1981
Death of A Perfect Mother
1981
Emily Brontë
2000
The Habit of Widowhood
1996
A Fall From Grace
2007
A Hovering Of Vultures
1993
The Corpse At The Haworth Tandoori
1998
A Fatal Attachment
1992
Rogue's Gallery
2011
Much Ado About Murder
2002
School for Murder
1983
At Death's Door
1988
Death And The Princess
1982
Death Of An Old Goat
1974
The Killings on Jubilee Terrace
2009
A City Of Strangers
1990
A Scandal in Belgravia
1991
Death on the High C's
1977
Corpse In A Gilded Cage
1984
Murder Takes a Holiday
1991
