Delano Ames
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Delano Ames | |
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Born | Maysie Coucher Ames (1929–1937) Kit Ames | May 29, 1906
Relatives | Columbus Delano (grandfather) |
Delano Ames (May 29, 1906 – January 1987) was an American writer of detective stories. Ames was the author of some 20 books, many of them featuring a husband and wife detective team of amateurs named Dagobert and Jane Brown. A later series of novels involved a character named Juan Lorca, of the Spanish Civil Guard, who solved local mysteries.
Life
Ames was born in
Ames married Australian-born writer
Ames lived in England for the next few years, where he married his second wife, Kit, and was assigned as a British intelligence officer during World War II. He also worked on anthologies on mythology and as a translator for Larousse in France. His last book was an introduction for a book of photography of Spain in 1971.
He died in Madrid, Spain, in January 1987.
Critical reception
Ames' books were reviewed frequently in prominent publications such as the
Works
His novels include:
- They Journey by Night. Hodder & Stoughton (1932)
- No Traveller Returns. Nicholson (1934)
- A Double Bed on Olympus (1936)
- The Cornish Coast Conspiracy. Amalgamated Press (1942)
- He Found Himself Murdered. Swan (1947)
- She Shall Have Murder. Hodder & Stoughton (1948); Reprinted Rue Morgue Press (2008). Filmed under the same title in 1950
- Murder Begins at Home. Hodder & Stoughton (1949)
- Corpse Diplomatique. Hodder (1950) & Subsequently Penguin Books - his best known and most widely available book
- Death of a Fellow Traveller. Hodder & Stoughton (1950)
- The Body on Page One. Hodder & Stoughton (1951)
- Murder, Maestro, Please. Hodder & Stoughton (1952)
- No Mourning for the Matador. Hodder & Stoughton (1953)
- Crime, Gentlemen, Please. Hodder & Stoughton (1954)
- Landscape with Corpse. Hodder & Stoughton (1955)
- Crime Out of Mind. Hodder & Stoughton (1956)
- She Wouldn't Say Who. Hodder & Stoughton (1957)
- Lucky Jane. Hodder & Stoughton (1959); published in the US as For Old Crime's Sake
- The Man in the Tricorn Hat. Methuen (1960)
- The Man with Three Jaguars. Methuen (1961)
- The Man with Three Chins. Methuen (1965)
- The Man with Three Passports. Methuen (1967)
Other works include:
- History of the Piano by Henry Closson, Translated by Delano Ames. Paul Elek 1947
References
- ^ "Delano L. Ames". Knox County Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- New York Times. October 30, 1949. p. B43. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- ^ "For Old Crime's Sake by Delano Ames". Kirkus Reviews. April 8, 1959. Retrieved 2021-04-24.
- Bleiler, Everett(1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature. Chicago: Shasta Publishers. p. 21.