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Robert Barnard (23 November 1936 – 19 September 2013) was an English crime writer, critic and lecturer. [1] In addition to over 40 books published under his own name, he also published four books under the pseudonym Bernard Bastable .
Death by Sheer Torture (1981), also known simply as Sheer Torture, is a mystery novel by English writer Robert Barnard, [1] the first of five novels, penned in the 1980s, featuring his recurring detective character Perry Trethowan.
Canting arms of Barnard: Quarterly argent and gules, a bear sejant sable [1]. He was born Robert John Barnard on 7 October 1809, the eldest son of Reverend Robert Barnard (1760–1834), Prebendary of Winchester, Rector of Lighthorne, Warwickshire, for 47 years, Vicar of Witney, Oxfordshire, 2nd son of Rev. Thomas Barnard (1720-1781) (son of Rev. Thomas Barnard, headmaster of Leeds Grammar ...
The book garnered positive reviews upon release. [2] Publishers Weekly praised it as "elegant", observing "Barnard brilliantly depicts a seedy, struggling London in the '50s, the Suez fiasco as a symbol of the death of empire and Timothy's murder as a symbol of a wholly different social climate", [3] while Kirkus Reviews deemed it "quietly engrossing" throughout. [4]
The English crime writer and critic Robert Barnard, in A Talent to Deceive: An appreciation of Agatha Christie, wrote that this novel is "Apart—and it is an enormous 'apart'—from the sensational solution, this is a fairly conventional Christie." He concluded that this is "A classic, but there are some better [novels by] Christie."
The family of the man suspected of carrying out a mass shooting in Maine were told of his death before officials publicly made the announcement.. Robert Card, 40, was found dead in an area near a ...
New evidence reopened the case of actress Natalie Wood’s 1981 drowning death, pointing to her husband, actor Robert Wagner, as a prime suspect. Two witnesses came forward, claiming Wood was ...
Robert Downey Jr. and his wife, Susan Downey, are just as in love as they were on their wedding day 18 years ago. Robert, 58, shared an adorable carousel of images via Instagram on Monday, August ...