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)