Milward Kennedy Explained

Milward Rodon Kennedy Burge (21 June 1894^[1] - 20 January 1968) was an English civil servant, journalist, crime writer and literary critic. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He served with British Military Intelligence in World War I and then worked for the International Labour Organization and the Egyptian government. He was London editor of the Empire Digest and reviewed mystery fiction for The Sunday Times and The Guardian. He retired in the 1960s to West Sussex. Burge married Georgina Lee in 1921 and after her death married Eveline Schrieber Billiat in 1926. He also wrote under the pseudonym Evelyn Elder.

Kennedy specialised in police mysteries, but also wrote about the adventures of Sir George Bull, a professional private investigator. He also collaborated with other members of The Detection Club on The Floating Admiral and Ask a Policeman. His series characters are Sir George Bull and Inspector Cornford.

Bibliography

The Bleston Mystery (1928) with A. G. Macdonell. As Robert Milward Kennedy
The Corpse on the Mat (1929).^[2] Serialised in the US in 1930 as The Man Who Rang the Bell
Corpse Guards Parade (1929)
Half Mast Murder (1930)
Death in a Deck-Chair (1930)
Death to the Rescue (1931)
The Floating Admiral (1931) with others
The Murderer of Sleep (1932)
Bull's Eye (1933)
Ask a Policeman (1933) with others
Corpse in Cold Storage (1934)
Poison in the Parish (1935)
Sic Transit Gloria (1936). Serialised in the US in 1936 as Scornful Corpse
I'll be Judge, I'll be Jury (1937)
It Began in New York (1943)
Escape to Quebec (1946)
The Top Boot (1950)

Short stories

Death in the Kitchen. Evening Standard, 11 August 1932
The Illusionist. The Bystander, 4 September 1935
Through Glass, Darkly. The Bystander, Christmas Number 1935
One Performance Only. The Bystander, 8 April 1936
Mightier Than the Sword. The Bystander, 29 April 1936
Modern Antique. The Bystander, 11 November 1936
The Fur Coat. The Bystander, 18 August 1937
Fables of Forgetfulness No. 1: It Pays to Forget. The Bystander, 20 July 1938
Fables of Forgetfulness No. 2: A Regretful Lapse. The Bystander, 27 July 1938
Fables of Forgetfulness No. 3: Superstition. The Bystander, 3 August 1938
Why the Button?. The Bystander, 21 December 1938
The Case of the Index Finger. Evening Standard, 7 March 1950
The Fool. Evening Standard, 13 April 1950
Q's Camp. Evening Standard, 21 April 1950
The Conjuror's Art. Evening Standard, 14 August 1950
The Accident. Evening Standard, 22 September 1950
The Horse's Mouth. Evening Standard, 24 November 1950
The Fake. Evening Standard, 28 December 1950
Accent on Pearls. Evening Standard, 30 January 1951
Knave of Clubs. Evening Standard, 6 April 1951
X Takes Bishop. Evening Standard, 16 April 1951
Miss Amelia. Evening Standard, 10 May 1951
Poste Restante. Evening Standard, 25 June 1951
Hearing Is Believing. Evening Standard, 13 July 1951
Private Room. Evening Standard, 14 August 1951
The Deadly Circle. Evening Standard, 20 September 1951
Tea Party. Evening Standard, 10 October 1951
You Have Been Warned. Evening Standard, 16 November 1951
The Murderee. Evening Standard, 18 December 1951
The Man Outside. Evening Standard, 23 January 1952
Cupboard Hate. Evening Standard, 9 April 1952
Brief Candle. Evening Standard, 1 March 1954
China Clay. Evening Standard, 29 March 1954
Alibi by Post. Evening Standard, 27 April 1954
Up Jenkins. Evening Standard, 16 July 1954
The Operative Word. Evening Standard, 26 July 1954

Short non-fiction

The Rendezvous at the Rising Sun. Sunday Sun & Guardian, 14 July 1935

As Evelyn Elder

Murder in Black and White (1931)
Angel in the Case (1932)
Two's Company (1952)

Notes and References

Web site: Kennedy, Milward, 1894- - Social Networks and Archival Context . 2024-08-20 . snaccooperative.org.
Book: Alexis Weedon. The Origins of Transmedia Storytelling in Early Twentieth Century Adaptation. 2021. Springer. Cham. 978-3-030-72476-4. 194. 10.1007/978-3-030-72476-4.