Arthur J. Rees Books In Order

Publication Order of Colwin Grey Books

Publication Order of Grant Colwyn Books

Publication Order of Inspector Crewe Books

Publication Order of Inspector Luckraft Books

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Publication Order of Short Stories/Novellas

Arthur J. Rees was a mystery writer from Australia.

Born in 1872 in Melbourne, he initially was a newspaperman. Rees served for a brief time on the staff of the Melbourne Age, later joining the staff of the New Zealand Herald. He went to England in his early twenties for some time.

He was a crime mystery story writer and was mentioned by Dorothy Sayers in the 1928 Great Short Stories of Detection, Mystery and Horror. Two of his stories have been included in an American world anthology of detective stories and some of his books have been translated into other languages including French and German.

He wrote numerous stories including the Merry Marauders in 1913. He also collaborated with John R. Watson on two books, The Hampstead Mystery and The Mystery of the Downs.

The Shrieking Pit is the first novel in the Grant Colwyn series by Arthur J. Rees. It is where the character of Grant Colwyn, American detective, is introduced for the first time.

Grant is spending his holiday in England when his attention is drawn to that of a guest. Well known doctor Harry Durwood claims that the young man is suffering from a rare type of epilepsy and may even soon pose a threat to the other guests at the hotel.

The strange young man leaves the hotel the next day and finds lodging in an inn, but then a murder is committed in the next town over and he becomes a suspect. Although the evidence points to this young man as the murderer, Grant does not believe he is the culprit. Believing this man is innocent, he sets out to solve the crime. Can he prove that someone else is the killer and spare an innocent man’s life? Read this novel to find out!

The Hand in the Dark is the second novel in the Grant Colwyn series by Arthur J. Rees. If you loved the events of the first book, check out the engaging sequel!

Miss Meredith is asking herself for the 20th time why her nephew has fallen in love with a young woman. This girl Violet from London loathed the country, and from her point of view, this was a young woman who smoked and talked slang. She did not have any sense of the dignity of the high position to which she had been called.

The young woman was unfit in every way to become the mother of the next male in the family, if she consented to bearing an heir at all. She was constantly in regret that Phil had not decided to marry some nice county girl, closer to his station, instead of this London girl.

Now the young woman was refusing to wear the ancestral pearls, leaving them instead in a jewelry box in her room. But when there is a scream and a shot coming from Violet’s room, she is the main suspect as she has the motive against her.

Will the London girl be okay, and is this young man’s mother responsible for a ghastly crime? Read this mystery novel from Arthur J. Rees to find out!