Marten Cumberland

Sydney Walter Martin "Marten" Cumberland (23 July 1892 – 1972) was an English journalist, novelist and editor. He also wrote under the pseudonym Kevin O'Hara. He specialised in the detective/mystery genre and created the character of Inspector Saturnin Dax, a French policeman.

During World War I, Cumberland served as a radio operator in the Merchant Navy. After the war, he worked successively for several newspapers and publishing houses as a writer. He also composed some detective stories for various magazines. He became a freelance journalist in 1924.

In 1923, Cumberland published his first novel, Loaded Dice, which he co-wrote with B.V. Shann. He married Kathleen Walsh in 1928. In his last years, he moved to Dublin, where he died in 1972.

As Kevin O'Hara

 * The Customer's Always Wrong (1951)
 * Exit and Curtain (1952)
 * Sing, Clubman, Sing! (1952)
 * Always Tell the Truth (1953)
 * It Leaves Them Cold (1954)
 * Keep Your Fingers Crossed (1955)
 * The Pace That Kills (1955)
 * Women Like to Know (1957)
 * Danger: Women at Work! (1958)
 * Well, I'll Be Hanged! (1958)
 * And Here Is the Noose! (1959)
 * Taking Life Easy (1961)
 * If Anything Should Happen (1962)
 * Do not Tell the Police (1963)
 * Do not Neglect the Body (1964)
 * It's Your Funeral (1966)