Hartley Howard

Hartley Howard (1908-1979) (see also Harry Carmichael) was the pen name of Leopold Horace ("Leo") Ognall, a British crime novelist. Ognall was born in Glasgow and worked as a journalist before starting his fiction career. He wrote over ninety novels before his death in 1979. As Hartley Howard, Ognall's primary series characters were John Piper (an insurance assessor) and "Quinn," a crime reporter.

As Hartley Howard, Ognall authored the following novels (with year of publication): 01) The Last Appointment 1951 02) The Last Deception 1951 03) Death of Cecilia 1952 04) The Last Vanity 1952 05) Bowman Strikes Again 1953 06) The Other Side of the Door 1953 07) Bowman at a Venture 1954 08) Bowman on Broadway 1954 09) No Target for Bowman 1955 10) Sleep for the Wicked 1955 11) The Bowman Touch 1956 12) A Hearse for Cinderella 1956 13) Key to the Morgue 1957 14) The Long Night 1957 15) The Big Snatch 1958 16) Sleep, My Pretty One 1958 17) The Armitage Secret 1959 18) Deadline 1959 19) Extortion 1960 20) Fall Guy 1960 21) I'm No Hero 1961 22) Time Bomb 1961 23) Count-Down 1962 24) Double Finesse 1962 25) The Stretton Case 1963 26) Department K. (US Title: Assignment K.) 1964 27) Out of the Fire 1965 28) Counterfeit 1966 29) Portrait of a Beautiful Harlot 1966 30) Routine Investigation 1967 31) The Eye of the Hurricane 1968 32) The Secret of Simon Cornell 1969 33) City on My Shoulder 1970 34) Room 37 1970 35) Million Dollar Snapshot 1971 36) Murder One 1971 37) Epitaph for Joanna 1972 38) Nice Day for a Funeral 1972 39) Highway to Murder 1973 40) Dead Drunk 1974 41) Treble Cross 1975 42) Payoff 1976 43) One-Way Ticket 1978 44) The Sealed Envelope 1979

As Harry Carmichael, Ognall authored the following novels (with year of publication): 01) Death Leaves a Diary 1952 02) The Vanishing Trick 1952 03) Deadly Night-Cap 1953 04) School for Murder 1953 05) Death Counts Three (US Title: The Screaming Rabbit) 1954 06) Why Kill Johnny? 1954 07) Money for Murder 1955 08) Noose for a Lady 1955 09) The Dead of Night 1956 10) Justice Enough 1956 11) Emergency Exit 1957 12) Put Out That Star (US Title: Into Thin Air) 1957 13) James Knowland: Deceased 1958 14) A Question of Time 1958 15) ...Or Be He Dead 1959 16) Stranglehold (US Title: Marked Man) 1959 17) Requiem for Charles (US Title: The Late Unlamented) 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


[edit] Trivia
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.

Ognall's son Harry became a high court judge and conducted the hearings regarding former Chilean leader Augusto Pinochet.

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