Hartley Howard


Leopold Horace Ognall, known by the pen names Hartley Howard and Harry Carmichael, was a British crime novelist. Ognall was born in Montreal and worked as a journalist before starting his fiction career. He wrote over 90 novels before his death in 1979. The private eye Glenn Bowman was one of his most successful characters. As Harry Carmichael, Ognall's primary series characters were John Piper and Quinn, a crime reporter.
Ognall's son Sir Harry Ognall became a high court judge and conducted the hearings regarding former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet.

Harry Carmichael

Ognall created the pseudonym "Harry Carmichael" as an amalgam of the names of his immediate family: His son Harry, his wife Cecilia, his daughter Margaret, and his son Michael.
As Harry Carmichael, Ognall authored the following novels :
  1. Death Leaves a Diary 1952
  2. The Vanishing Trick 1952
  3. Deadly Night-Cap 1953
  4. School for Murder 1953
  5. Why Kill Johnny? 1954
  6. Death Counts Three 1954
  7. Money for Murder 1955
  8. Noose for a Lady 1955
  9. The Dead of Night 1956
  10. Justice Enough 1956
  11. Emergency Exit 1957
  12. Put Out That Star 1957
  13. James Knowland: Deceased 1958
  14. A Question of Time 1958
  15. ...Or Be He Dead 1959
  16. Stranglehold 1959
  17. Requiem for Charles 1960
  18. The Seeds of Hate 1960
  19. Alibi 1961
  20. Confession 1961
  21. The Link 1962
  22. Of Unsound Mind 1962
  23. Vendetta 1963
  24. Flashback 1964
  25. Safe Secret 1964
  26. Post Mortem 1965
  27. Suicide Clause 1966
  28. The Condemned 1967
  29. Murder by Proxy 1967
  30. A Slightly Bitter Taste 1968
  31. Death Trap 1970
  32. Remote Control 1970
  33. Most Deadly Hate 1971
  34. The Quiet Woman 1971
  35. Naked to the Grave 1972
  36. Candles for the Dead 1973
  37. Too Late for Tears 1973
  38. The Motive 1974
  39. False Evidence 1976
  40. A Grave for Two 1977
  41. Life Cycle 1978