Kenneth Giles

Kenneth Giles (died 1974) was a British crime writer. Giles wrote books under his own name, as well as the pseudonyms Charles Drummond and Edmund McGirr.

Giles started as a sporting journalist, and used what he learned there as background for the Drummond novels.

The Drummond books star Sgt. Reed, while the McGirr books star a private eye.

Incomplete Bibliography

  • Some Beasts No More (1965)
  • The Big Greed (1966)
  • A Provenance of Death (1966)
  • The Funeral Was in Spain (1966) (as Edmund McGirr)
  • Death at the Furlong Post (1967) (as Charles Drummond)
  • Death in Diamonds (1967)
  • The Lead-Lined Coffin (1968) (as Edmund McGirr)
  • The Odds on Death (1969) (as Charles Drummond)
  • Death and Mr. Prettyman (1967)
  • Here Lies My Wife (1967) (as Edmund McGirr)
  • A Hearse with Horses (1967) (as Edmund McGirr)
  • Death among the Stars (1968)
  • Death Cracks a Bottle (1969)
  • Death and the Leaping Ladies (1969) (as Charles Drummond)
  • An Entry of Death (1969) (as Edmund McGirr)
  • A Death in the Church (1970)
  • Stab in the Back (1970) (as Charles Drummond)
  • Murder Pluperfect (1970)
  • No Better Fiend (1971) (as Edmund McGirr)
  • A Death at the Bar (1972) (as Charles Drummond)
  • The Lead-Lined Coffin (?) (as Edmund McGirr
  • An Entry of Death (?) (as Edmund McGirr)
  • Death Pays the Wages (as Edmund McGirr)
  • A File on Death (1973)
  • Bardel's Murder (1973) (as Edmund McGirr)
  • A Murderous Journey (1974) (as Edmund McGirr)


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