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H. R. F. Keating

H.R.F. Keating (full name Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating) (31 October 1926 – 27 March 2011) was the creator of Inspector Ghote of the Bombay Police, whose first appearance in The Perfect Murder (1964) won the author the Crime Writers Association Gold Dagger and an Edgar Allan Poe award from the Mystery Writers of America. He eventually wrote twenty-six Ghote novels. The Murder of the Maharajah brought H.R.F. Keating a second Gold Dagger in 1980.

Mr Keating, a past Chairman of the Society of Authors and of the Crime Writers Association, was crime reviewer for The Times from 1967 to 1983. Among the books about his art he had written or edited is Whodunit, a guide to crime, suspense and spy fiction.

He wrote three books under the pseudonym Evelyn Hervey.

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English crime fiction writer (1926–2011)

Born 31 October 1926
Died 27 March 2011

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  • Cover of: The Perfect Murder
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    Cover of edition perfectmurder0000keat Cover of edition perfectmurder0000keat_c8c8 Cover of edition perfectmurderfam0000keat Cover of edition perfectmurderfir0000keat First published in 1960 — 19 editions
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  • Cover of: Inspector Ghote Draws a Line
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    Cover of edition linspecteurghote0000keat_a7h4 Cover of edition inspectorghotedr0000keat_l9n1 Cover of edition inspectorghotedr00keat Cover of edition inspectorghotedr0000keat First published in 1979 — 13 editions
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  • Cover of: Inspector Ghote plays a joker
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  • Cover of: Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg
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    Cover of edition inspectorghotebr0000keat Cover of edition inspectorghotebr0000keat_m0m5 First published in 1970 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Go West, Inspector Ghote.
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  • Cover of: Dead on time
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    First published in 1988 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Filmi, filmi, Inspector Ghote
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    First published in 1976 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: Inspector Ghote hunts the peacock
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    Cover of edition inspectorghotehu0000keat_j7n2 Cover of edition inspectorghotehu0000keat Cover of edition inspectorghotehu00keat Cover of edition inspectorghotehu0000keat_g6g1 First published in 1968 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Inspector Ghote trusts the heart
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    First published in 1972 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: The body in the billiard room
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  • Cover of: Is skin-deep, is fatal
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  • Cover of: The sheriff of Bombay: an inspector Ghote novel
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  • Cover of: Bats fly up for Inspector Ghote
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    First published in 1973 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Death & the visiting firemen
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    First published in 1959 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The governess
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  • Cover of: The man of gold
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  • Cover of: The murder of the maharajah
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  • Cover of: A Remarkable Case of Burglary
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  • Cover of: Inspector Ghote's good crusade.
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English crime fiction writer (1926–2011)

Born 31 October 1926
Died 27 March 2011

Subjects

Fiction, Police, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Fiction, mystery & detective, police procedural, Ghote, ganesh, inspector (fictitious character), fiction, India, fiction, Ganesh Ghote (Fictitious character), Large type books, English Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, mystery & detective, traditional, Detective and mystery stories, Fiction, crime, American Detective and mystery stories, England, fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, historical, Fiction, general, Fiction in English, Harriet Martens (Fictitious character), History and criticism, Policewomen, London (england), fiction, Crimes against, Detective and mystery stories, English, Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism, Murder

Places

India, Bombay, Bombay (India), England, London, Mumbai, Mumbai (India), English-speaking countries, Great Britain, Bhopore, Dorset Street, Europe, Kolkata, Kolkata (India), London (England), Warwickshire

People

Sherlock Holmes, Sherlock Holmes (Fictitious character), Agatha Christie (1890-1976), Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930), Ganesh Ghote (Fictitious character), John H. Watson, John H. Watson (Fictitious character), P. D. James (1920-), Rachel Howells, the Atkinsons

Time

1930, 20th century

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Alternative names

  • Henry Reymond Fitzwalter Keating
  • Evelyn Hervey
  • H.R.F.(Henry Reymond Fitzwalter) Keating
  • H. R. F. (Henry Reymond Fitzwalter) Keating
  • HRF Keating
  • Henry Reymond
  • H R F Keating
  • Henry R.F. Keating
  • H. R. F. Mystery - Keating
  • H. R. F Keating

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March 22, 2025 Edited by mheiman merge authors
March 22, 2025 Edited by mheiman merge authors
January 15, 2024 Edited by Сергей Малышев Added new photo
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April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import