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John Colin Watson (1 February 1920 – 18 January 1983) was a British writer of detective fiction and the creator of characters such as Inspector Purbright and Lucilla Teatime. Born in Croydon, Surrey, he is best remembered for the twelve Flaxborough novels, typified by their comic and dry wit and set in a fictional small town in ...
February 01, 1920. Died. January 17, 1983. Genre. Mystery & Thrillers, Humour. edit data. Colin Watson was educated at the Whitgift School in South Croydon, London. During his career as a journalist he worked in London and Newcastle-on-Tyne, where he was a leader-writer for Kemsley Newspapers.
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Colin Watson was a mystery ad thriller author from Croydon, London that was best known for the “Flaxborough Chronicles” series of novels. The bestselling author was one of the best writers of his time even though he has largely been forgotten in the current times.
4 de may. de 2022 · (1920–82),British crime writer and journalist, born in Croydon; he wrote a number of richly comic satires of contemporary English life in the form of detective stories set in the ...
Flaxborough Chronicles Series. 12 primary works • 13 total works. DI Walter Purbright investigates his fictional town of Flaxborough, East Anglia "a high-spirited town ... like Gomorrah", often with Sergeant Love. Miss Lucilla Edith Cavell Teatime, ladylike con artist who endearingly lapses into vulgarity appears in #2, many more except #4.
Colin Watson was a British writer of detective fiction and the creator of characters such as Inspector Purbright and Lucilla Teatime. He is most famous for the twelve 'Flaxborough' novels, typified by their comic and dry wit and set in a fictional small town in England. Genres: Mystery.
Colin Watson (1920-1983) was a British writer of detective fiction. The first three titles in his Flaxborough Chronicles mystery series are now being re-released by Farrago Books, UK. This one was originally published in 1958 and was made available as a "Read Now" offering through NetGalley recently.
