Norman Berrow

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  • Bibliography:
    19 Books
  • First Book:
    June 2011
  • Latest Book:
    September 2011
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Book List in Order: 19 titles

  • Don't Jump, Mr. Boland!

    In 1954 Norman Berrow published this 'impossible' crime novel where everyone sees Boland run to the cliff and then jump -- but his body is nowhere to be found!...

  • Oil Under the Window

    Norman Berrow's 1936 mystery starring Inspector Mellish takes place in a beautiful, rustic mansion in the English countryside where murder is an unwelcome guest....

  • The Three Tiers of Fantasy

    Considered by many to be his masterpiece, this 1947 three-tales-in-one mysterey of a disappearing person, room and street will have you guessing till the final page. A D-I Lancelot Carolus Smith novel....

  • The Bishop's Sword

    This 1948 'impossible' crime thriller by New Zealander Norman Berrow features a sword stolen from inside a hermetically sealed case. A Detective-Inspector Lancelot Carolus Smith mystery. Berrow 1948...

  • The Spaniard's Thumb

    Only Norman Berrow could have come up with this 1949 horror-mystery about a dungeon-bound, four-foot thumb that kills. A Detective-Inspector Lancelot Carolus Smith novel. Berrow 1949...

  • Don't Go Out After Dark

    Zealander Norman Berrow's 1950 tale of a murderous villain who announces each of his crimes beforehand, seeming to thwart Detective-Inspector Lancelot Carolus Smith at each turn....

  • The Eleventh Plague

    Norman Berrow wrote this in 1953, warning the world about the eleventh plague to come out of Egypt -- you know, after the frogs, locusts, Angel of Death, etc. -- marijuana! This is some good stuff....

  • Fingers for Ransom

    Written in 1939, this thriller by New Zealander Norman Berrow features his likable team of Michael and Fleur Revel. Fleur is kidnapped!...

  • Murder in the Melody

    New Zealander Norman Berrow wrote this thriller in 1950 about a murder that occurs on-the-air while Michael and Fleur Revel are listening. Everyone at the studio is a suspect....



  • The Singing Room

    Norman Berrow's 1948 thriller about a completely normal country mansion, except for the room that occasionally breaks into song. Michael and Fleur Revel investigate and then the shooting starts....

  • The Spaniard's Thumb

    Written in 1949, this potboiler of intrigue and legend involve a four-foot thumb that crushes those in its way. A D-I Lancelot Carolus Smith impossible mystery....

  • The Footprints of Satan

    This 1950 novel, starring D-I Lancelot Carolus Smith, retells the notorious Devon Devil story that terrorized Britain a hundred years ago....

  • Ghost House

    The few people in the neighborhood called it Ghost House and gave it a wide berth. For it was a house of mystery from which screams could be heard coming apparently from no human throat, where, it was alleged, the painted eyes in the portraits that ...

  • One Thrilling Night

    This 1937 cosy mystery features D-I Richard Courtenay and a mansion full of revelers playing a game called 'King Oscar'. They turn out all lights and feel for each other in the dark. What could go wrong?...

  • The Secret Dancer

    Berrow's second mystery, this 1936 thriller takes place entirely in a theater where one of the actors plays his role too well --and murder becomes a member of the cast! A D-I Richard Courtenay novel....

  • It Howls at Night

    Norman Berrow wrote this novel of a werewolf in the Spanish countryside in 1937. It stars Berrow's alter-ego, Bill Hamilton, in his most terrifying mystery....

  • The Lady's in Danger

    Norman Berrow's second-to-last novel, written in 1955, is his only mystery with an American hero, PI Brick Bradley. Can New Zealander Berrow pull off the Americanisms You betcha....

  • The Smokers of Hashish

    Norman Berrow's first novel, written in 1934, stars Bill Hamilton (Berrow's alter ego)as he battles drug smugglers in Tangier....

  • The Terror in the Fog

    Norman Berrow wrote this eerie thriller in 1955 about the place where he spent much of WWII: Gibraltar. When a fog darkens the city, and nuns seem to be slaughtering priests, Bill Hamilton jumps into the miasma....



Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Norman Berrow has published 19 books.

Norman Berrow does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Terror in the Fog, was published in September 2011.

The first book by Norman Berrow, Don't Jump, Mr. Boland!, was published in June 2011.

No. Norman Berrow does not write books in series.
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