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Robert Barnard

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November 23, 1936 in Essex, The United Kingdom

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Mystery & Thrillers

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Aka Bernard Bastable.

Robert Barnard (born 23 November 1936) is an English crime writer, critic and lecturer.

Born in Essex, Barnard was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Colchester and at Balliol College in Oxford. His first crime novel, A Little Local Murder, was published in 1976. The novel was written while he was a lecturer at University of Tromsø in Norway. He has gone on to write more than 40 other books and numerous short stories.

Barnard has said that his favourite crime writer is Agatha Christie. In 1980 he published a critique of her work titled A Talent to Deceive: An Appreciation of Agatha Christie.

Barnard was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger in 2003 by the Crime Writers Association for a lifetime of achievement.

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Average rating: 3.87 · 13,496 ratings · 1,550 reviews · 100 distinct works

	Out of the Blackout 3.74 avg rating — 96 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	The Bones In The Attic (Charlie Peace, #7) 3.34 avg rating — 97 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Skeleton in the Grass 3.56 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Death By Sheer Torture (Perry Trethowan, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1981 — 9 editions	My rating:
	The Case Of The Missing Brontë (Perry Trethowan, #3) 3.47 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1983 — 6 editions	My rating:
	A Scandal in Belgravia 3.64 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1991 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Last Post: A Novel of Suspense 3.03 avg rating — 76 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Corpse In A Gilded Cage 3.61 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1984 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Death Of An Old Goat 3.43 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1974 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Death Of A Mystery Writer 3.39 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1979 — 7 editions	My rating:

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Series by Robert Barnard

Charlie Peace (10 books)
by Robert Barnard

3.28 avg rating — 489 ratings

Perry Trethowan (5 books)
by Robert Barnard

3.46 avg rating — 286 ratings

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