Hartley Howard

Leopold Horace Ognall (20 June 1908 – 12 April 1979), known by the pen names Hartley Howard and Harry Carmichael, was a British crime novelist. Ognall was born in Montreal and worked as a journalist before starting his fiction career. He wrote over 90 novels before his death in 1979. The private eye Glenn Bowman was one of his most successful characters. As Harry Carmichael, Ognall's primary series characters were John Piper (an insurance assessor) and Quinn, a crime reporter.

Ognall's son Sir Harry Ognall became a high court judge and conducted the hearings regarding former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet.

Harry Carmichael
Ognall created the pseudonym "Harry Carmichael" as an amalgam of the names of his immediate family: His son Harry, his wife Cecilia, his daughter Margaret, and his son Michael.

As Harry Carmichael, Ognall authored the following novels (with year of publication):


 * 1) Death Leaves a Diary  1952
 * 2) The Vanishing Trick  1952
 * 3) Deadly Night-Cap  1953
 * 4) School for Murder  1953
 * 5) Why Kill Johnny?  1954
 * 6) Death Counts Three (US Title: The Screaming Rabbit)  1954
 * 7) Money for Murder  1955
 * 8) Noose for a Lady  1955
 * 9) The Dead of Night  1956
 * 10) Justice Enough  1956
 * 11) Emergency Exit  1957
 * 12) Put Out That Star (US Title: Into Thin Air)  1957
 * 13) James Knowland: Deceased  1958
 * 14) A Question of Time  1958
 * 15) ...Or Be He Dead  1959
 * 16) Stranglehold (US Title: Marked Man)  1959
 * 17) Requiem for Charles (US Title: The Late Unlamented)  1960
 * 18) The Seeds of Hate  1960
 * 19) Alibi  1961
 * 20) Confession  1961
 * 21) The Link  1962
 * 22) Of Unsound Mind  1962
 * 23) Vendetta  1963
 * 24) Flashback  1964
 * 25) Safe Secret  1964
 * 26) Post Mortem  1965
 * 27) Suicide Clause  1966
 * 28) The Condemned  1967
 * 29) Murder by Proxy  1967
 * 30) A Slightly Bitter Taste  1968
 * 31) Death Trap  1970
 * 32) Remote Control  1970
 * 33) Most Deadly Hate  1971
 * 34) The Quiet Woman  1971
 * 35) Naked to the Grave  1972
 * 36) Candles for the Dead  1973
 * 37) Too Late for Tears  1973
 * 38) The Motive  1974
 * 39) False Evidence  1976
 * 40) A Grave for Two  1977
 * 41) Life Cycle  1978