Guy Mainwaring Morton (1896–1968) was a barrister and writer who wrote crime novels under his own name and the pen name of Peter Traill.[1]

He married Clare, the daughter of the Hartlepool ship-owner M.H. Horsley, in 1923.[2]

Selected publications

  • Great Dust. Grayson & Grayson, 1932.
  • The 3-7-9 Murder
  • The Red Lady
  • The Ragged Robin Murders
  • The Perrin Murder Case
  • Ashes of Murder
  • Mystery at Hardacres
  • The Forbidden Road
  • The Angel
  • The Scarlet Thumb-Print
  • The Black Robe
  • Under The Cherry Tree
  • Rangy Pete
  • King of the World, or, The Pommeray Case

References

  1. ↑ "Morton, Guy Mainwaring, (9 Sept. 1896–11 Nov. 1968), author; (Nom-de-plume, Peter Traill)". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U57795.
  2. ↑ "Marriages", The Times, 29 October 1923, p. 15.


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