Gwendoline Butler
b. 1922 – d. 2013 · 84 books
Biography
Gwendoline Williams was born on 19 August 1922 in Blackheath, South London, England, UK, daughter of Alice (Lee) and Alfred Edward Williams, her younger twin brothers are also authors. Educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read History, and later lectured there. On 16th October 1949, she married Dr Lionel Harry Butler (1923-1981), a professor of medieval history at University of St. Andrews and historian, Fellow of All Souls and Principal of Royal Holloway College. The marriage had a daughter, Lucilla Butler.
In 1956, she started to published John Coffin novels under her married name, Gwendoline Butler. In 1962, she decided used her grandmother's name, Jennie Melville as pseudonym to sing her Charmian Daniels novels. She was credited for inventing the "woman's police procedural". In addition to her mystery series, she also wrote romantic novels. In 1981, her novel The Red Staircase won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
In 1956, she started to published John Coffin novels under her married name, Gwendoline Butler. In 1962, she decided used her grandmother's name, Jennie Melville as pseudonym to sing her Charmian Daniels novels. She was credited for inventing the "woman's police procedural". In addition to her mystery series, she also wrote romantic novels. In 1981, her novel The Red Staircase won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
Books by Gwendoline Butler
Dread Murder
Coffin Knows The Answer (Wwl Mystery)
Coffin and the Paper Man (Inspector John Coffin)
Coffin in the Museum of Crime (A John Coffin Mystery)
Heute mir, morgen dir. Ein Fall für John Coffin
Schwarze Fracht. Ein Fall für John Coffin
Coffin knows the answer
Ein schönes Paar. Ein Fall für John Coffin
Sein ganzes Glück. Ein Fall für John Coffin
A Coffin for the Canary
Kalte Nacht. Ein Fall für John Coffin
Loving murder
Coffin Following (A John Coffin Mystery)
Coffin for Baby (Detective Coffin Mysteries) (Detective Coffin Mysteries)
Coffin'S Game (Commander John Coffin Mysteries
Doppelter Boden. Ein Fall für John Coffin
Falsches Spiel. Ein Fall für John Coffin
Revengeful Death (A&B Crime)
Revengeful Death (A&B Crime)
The King Cried Murder!
The King Cried Murder! (A Majo
The King Cried Murder! (A Major Mearns & Sergeant Denny Mystery Set in Windsor Castle)
Unter Druck. Ein Fall für John Coffin
Windsor Red (A Charmian Daniels Mystery)
A Nameless Coffin (A John Coffin Mystery)
Double Coffin
Dunkle Stunde. Ein Fall für John Coffin
Heißes Geld. Ein Fall für John Coffin
A grave coffin
A double Coffin
The Coffin Tree
A Dark Coffin (Inspector John Coffin)
Coffin in Malta (Detective Cof
Coffin in Malta (Detective Coffin Mysteries)
Coffin in the Black Museum (De
Coffin in the Black Museum (Detective Coffin Mysteries)
Coffin Waiting (Detective Coff
Coffin Waiting (Detective Coffin Mysteries)
The Woman Who Was Not There
A dark coffin
Dead Set (Charmian Daniels Mysteries)
The Coffin Tree (Inspector John Coffin)
Baby Drop
Whoever Has the Heart (Charmian Daniels Mysteries)
Coffin for Baby
Coffin for Baby
Coffin In The Museum Of Crime (Worldwide Mystery)
Cracking Open a Coffin (A John Coffin Mystery)
Different Kind of Summer
Footsteps in the Blood (A Charmian Daniels Mystery)
Whoever has the heart
Coffin on Murder Street
Coffin on Murder Street (Inspector John Coffin)
Cracking open a coffin
Dead set
Witching Murder
Coffin in the Museum of Crime
Footsteps in the blood
Odd Flamingo
Odd Flamingo
A Cure for Dying
Coffin Underground (Inspector John Coffin)
Making good blood
A Coffin from the Past
Coffin in fashion
Death in the garden
Murder In The Garden
Dull Dead (Walker British Mystery)
Thep ainted castle
Thep ainted castle
The hand of glass
Albion Walk
The painted castle
The red staircase
Axwater
Axwater
Tarot's tower
The Brides of Friedberg
The Vesey Inheritance
A coffin for Pandora
Nun's castle
The summer assassin
A new kind of killer, an old kind of death
Coffin following
A nameless coffin
Nell alone
Nell alone
Burning is a substitute for loving
Murderers' Houses
Burning is a subsitute for lov
Burning is a subsitute for loving
Coffin in Oxford
The murdering kind
Dead in a Row
A double coffin. Spoken word.
A double coffin. Spoken word. CAB1425. 8 audio cassettes