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JOHN GREENWOOD/JOHN BUXTON HILTON

John Greenwood/John Buxton Hilton is the author of the Inspector Kenworthy novels under his own name, and has been a published writer for several decades. Until his death, he lived in Norwich, England, with his wife, Rebecca.

FROM: "What, Me, Mr. Mosley?" , Walker Publishing Company, Inc., 1989

 

Books by John Greenwood:

The Mind of Mr. Mosley

(1987)

They're rustling sheep on Mosley's patch - the hill country of the Yorkshire-Lancashire border. Young Sergeant Beamish is in love. And Reubin Tunnicliffe of Upper Crudshaw has committed suicide by hanging himself with his braces in the earth closet at the bottom of his yard. Then his eighty-year-old widow Anna reports a theft of 500 pounds ...

 

 

Curious beyond the call of duty, unorthodox in his methods, and unwilling to leave matters in the hands of his nemesis Chief Inspector Marsters, the imperturbable Mosley sets a trap before departing on vacation.

Before matters are sorted out, vicar Wilfred Weskitt is accused of running a brothel, Mosley publishes poetry under the name of local poetess laureate Millicent Millicheap, and the CIA, the KGB and Special Branch are baffled. But once again, Mosley triumphs in a manner that leaves his superiors and neighbors in ststes varying from bewilderment to near-apoplexy.

The Missing Mr. Mosley

(1985)

The clipping from the HEMP VALLEY ADVERTISER reads: "For Sale: GALLOWS. In good working order." That is only the first of the disturbing things going on in the picturesque town of Hempshaw End. Now an eccentric old lasy has vanished, her cottage has been ransacked, and various articles of her antiquated clothing are popping up like mushrooms in the Hemp Valley woods. The best man for the hunt is, of course, Inspector Jack Mosley. But where is he? And why is his briar pipe at the scene of the crime?

While Seargent Beamish scours the English countryside for his missing partner, a spinster and a little girl also disappear. Mosley's infuriating nonsensical trail soon leads to the most isolated farmhouses of the valley, and to an old debt that must be repaid in pounds ... or blood.

Mists Over Mosley

(1986)

Death on a Broomstick. The tiny village of Upper Marldale is being overwhelmed by a mischievous coven of witches. Neither believers nor nonbelievers can explain why the church clock winds itself up without assistance, why a ow of winter cabbages is suddenly struck down in the night, or why not one cat in the village will venture forth after dusk. Marldale is the territory of the deceptively brillian Inspector Jack Mosely, and his exasperated superiors wish he would get on with solving these nagging little incidents.

But nagging soon becomes nightmarish when a sculptor is found hanging from her ceiling beam. A whiff of local corruption tickles Mosley's nose, and he and his sidekick set off into the bracing northern air to seek the reasons and parties behind both the supernatural and the homicidal.

Mosley by Moonlight

(1985)

Strange things are happening in the remote village of Hadley Dale. Without warning, a TV crew invades the district to shoot a commercial. Without reason, tales of extra-terrestrial sightings spring up. And without a clue, Matthew Longden's robust "housekeeper" friend disappears - in the same way his wife did five years ago.

Assigned to find the missing woman, the unpredictable Mosley bicycles through the Lancashire countryside.

Sidetracked by TV mischief-makers, cricket matches, and rumors of a buried body, Mosley is stopped in his leisurely tracks by a shocking death. By prying information from the locals and raising hackles at headquarters, deceptively brilliant Mosley soon unravels an intricate tapestry of delusions, disappearances, and death to neatly tie up a most malicious murderer.

Murder, Mr. Mosley

(1983)

After seventeen years, Brenda Thwaites Cryer returns to Parson's Fold with a shadowy past and a shadowy fortune. Now, she lay dead in Jackman's Cottage. And the only possible witness - her invalid mother - is missing.

 

 

 

For Inspector Mosley, this case is a radical departure from locating missing turkeys or thwarting orange thieves. But HQ has no one else available - no one, but whiz-kid Sergeant Beamish, whose task it becomes to keep a close eye on unpredictable Mosley. Yet how could Beamish fulfill his duty when Mosley dispatches him on ridiculous research missions from Yorkshire castle, to a prestigious law firm, to a dentist in Ember Bay - only to discover Mosley poking about on the scene when he arrives? For Beamish, it is infuriating - until these haphazard leads net important clues that help quietly ingenious Mosley bag his very first killer.

What, Me, Mr. Mosley?

(1988)

Had it not been for the traditional Antiques Show in the small town of Bagshawe Broome, Henry Burgess would surely have died unnoticed and unmourned. A reclusive old man with a reputed penchant for loud rock music, he had lived alone for years in a rambling mansion. His death stirred interest only because of the unexpected value of the objets d'art he left behind. Why did they bear initials that weren't Henry's? Were they stolen?

 

The irresponsible Inspector Jack Mosley teams up with the wary but resigned Sergeant Beamish for their last case together. Burrowing through the old man's waste bin, they find foreign milk bottles and a pair of pink knickers. Together Mosley and Beamish dodge angry bikers and a nettled superintendent to solve a most puzzling case of deception and double-crossing.

Books By John Buxton Hilton:

 
Corridors of Guilt
(1984)
To his great surprise, Inspector Kenworthy has been asked to speak to a conference full of secretive bureaucrats on the topic of riot control. He's puzzled by the request - but he grows utterly perplexed when an obscure gonernment agency turns out to be the key to a web of corruption and crime involving a gang of football hooligans, a clever crossword buff, and a mysterious murder ...

Cradle of Crime

(Originally published as The Hobbema Prospect)

(1984)

What sort of mother kills herself while her daughter is on her honeymoon - leaving a note suggesting that the marriage was the reason? Inspector Kenworthy doesn't think that his colleague, Detective-Sergeant Lawson, is the sort of son-in-law who would drive a mother to suicide. The bride also suspects foul play - but she's hiding something about her mother's past. Is she protecting her dead mother - or herself?

Dead Man's Path

(1986)

Edward Barson was one of the most powerful men in town. And the most hated. Who didn't have a motive to kill him? The suspects were many, the clues were few, and the weapon a museum piece. Quite a big mystery for such a small town. But Inspector Kenworthy had an unlikely helper: a spunky little miss who seemed to know everyone's dirty little secrets.

Focus On Crime

(Originally published as The Green Frontier)

(1981)

When a pastor is caught breaking the Eighth Commandment, he asks that Kenworthy be put in charge. But it's only when the clergyman's corpse id found - and the shop-lifting case becomes a murder case - that the inspector steps in ... discovering a chain of deception and evildoing that goes all the way back to wartime. The war may be long over, but Kenworthy will have no peace until he finds the truth ...

Lesson In Murder

(Originally published as The Innocents At Home)

(1986)

There are more questions than answers when four schoolgirls point fingers at their teacher with some serious charges: Is Henry Gower the malicious man thay claim? Or is their story designed to spread scandalous rumors throughout their small town? When Gower turns up dead, Inspector Kenworthy is no longer in the mood for guessing games. Now a hasty confession from one of the girls will lead the Inspector to unravel an innocent ploy - filled with deadly intent ...

Ransom Game

(Originally published as The Asking Price)

(1983)

A wave of kidnapping in quiet Bedfordshire was news enough, but the ransom demand was odder still: let an imprisoned petty crook raise white mice in his cell. When the hostages return home with tales of lavish accomodations, the crime seems a farce. But Kenworthy suspects the chilling truth: the real abduction is yet to come - one where innocent lives will be matched against a criminal mastermind ...

Twice Dead

(Originally published as Surrender Value)

(1981)

Is prim little Susan Shires the sort of schoolgirl who would go off for a romantic tryst with one of her teachers? Is John Everard - quaintly old-fashioned and, according to his wife, in failing health - someone who would seduce a sixteen-year-old student? If not, then why have they both vanished at the same time?

 

What begins as a missing-persons case for Inspector Kenworthy soon turns into a case of murder whan a body is discovered. The clothes belong to Susan Shires ... but the body belongs to someone else!

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