Kenneth Giles

Template:Short description Template:For Template:Use dmy dates Kenneth Giles (1922–1974) was a British crime writer. Giles wrote books under his own name, as well as the pseudonyms Charles Drummond<ref>Giles, Kenneth, Virtual International Authority File (accessed 19 November 2024)</ref> and Edmund McGirr.Template:Cn

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 detective.Template:Cn

In a New York Times review of Death among the Stars, the American crime fiction critic Allen J. Hubin writes "It will be a long while before I have had enough of Mr. Giles."<ref name=Hubin_1969 /> The American critic Anthony Boucher, in a New York Times review of A Provenance of Death, Giles' first novel to be published in the United States, describes the author as "promising", and the novel's detective as a "real working pro".<ref name=Boucher_1967 />

Incomplete bibliography

• Some Beasts No More (1965)<ref>Allen J. Hubin (27 October 1968). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. BR54</ref>
• The Big Greed (1966)
• A Provenance of Death (1966)<ref name=Boucher_1967>Anthony Boucher (12 November 1967). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. 364</ref>
• The Funeral Was in Spain (1966) (as Edmund McGirr)
• Death at the Furlong Post (1967) (as Charles Drummond)
• Death in Diamonds (1967)<ref>Allen J. Hubin (19 January 1969). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. BR16</ref>
• Death and Mr. Prettyman (1967)<ref>Allen J. Hubin (16 March 1969). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. BR62</ref>
• The Lead-Lined Coffin (1968) (as Edmund McGirr)
• The Odds on Death (1969) (as Charles Drummond)
• Here Lies My Wife (1967) (as Edmund McGirr)
• A Hearse with Horses (1967) (as Edmund McGirr)
• Death among the Stars (1968)<ref name=Hubin_1969>Allen J. Hubin (21 December 1969). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. BR15</ref>
• Death Cracks a Bottle (1969)<ref>Allen J. Hubin (10 May 1970). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. 279</ref>
• 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)<ref>Anatole Broyard (1 August 1973). Reading Between the Murders. The New York Times, p. 37</ref><ref>Newgate Callendar (1 July 1973). Criminals At Large. The New York Times, p. 238</ref>
• Bardel's Murder (1973) (as Edmund McGirr)
• A Murderous Journey (1974) (as Edmund McGirr)