James Anderson (b. Swindon, Wiltshire 1936 – d. Penarth, Glamorganshire 2007) was a British author. He is best known for his books featuring Inspector Wilkins. Set in the 1930s, the action of the books takes place in a large fictional British estate, or stately home, belonging to George Henry Aylvin Saunders, the 12th Earl of Burford. The books are a humorous look at the Golden Age type of mystery, which feature whodunnits set during a house party, and contain joking references to Inspector Appleby, the detective created by Michael Innes, or Inspector Alleyn, created by Ngaio Marsh, and to the well-known private detective Hercule Poirot, invented by Agatha Christie.

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Anderson also wrote novelizations based on the television series Murder, She Wrote.[1]

He died in 2007 in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan.

Bibliography

Inspector Wilkins books

• The Affair of the Blood-stained Egg Cosy [McKay-Washburn 1975]
• The Affair of the Mutilated Mink
• The Affair of the 39 Cufflinks

Novelizations based on Murder, She Wrote

• The Murder of Sherlock Holmes [Avon 1985][1]
• Hooray for Hollywood
• Lovers and Other Killers

Mikael Petros books

• Assassin [Simon & Schuster 1971]
• The Abolition of Death {Constable 1974]

Other works

• The Alpha List
• Appearance of Evil [Constable 1977]
• Angel of Death [Constable 1978]
• Assault and Matrimony
• Auriol
• Additional Evidence

References