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Dr. Hailey #7
The red scar
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- GenresMystery
294 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1928
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About the author
Anthony Wynne
46 books28 followersAnthony Wynne is a pseudonym of Robert McNair Wilson, an English physician, who developed a specialism in cardiology after working as an assistant to Sir James Mackenzie, whose biography he subsequently wrote in 1926.
He was born in Glasgow, the son of William and Helen Wilson, (née Turner),
He was educated at Glasgow Academy and Glasgow University and became House Surgeon at Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was Medical Correspondent of The Times from 1914–1942.
He twice stood, unsuccessfully, for Parliament, as Liberal candidate for the Saffron Walden district of Essex in 1922 and 1923.
He wrote biographies and historical works under his own name and a single novel under the pseudonym Harry Colindale. Under Anthony Wynne, he created Eustace Hailey, a doctor in mental diseases and amateur sleuth, who featured in many of his 45 mystery novels, beginning with The Mystery of the Evil Eye (1925) and ending with Death of a Shadow (1950).
As Anthony Wynne he also wrote short stories for a variety of magazines and newspapers.
He married Winifred Paynter on 7th December 1905 in Alnwick, Northumberland, and the couple had three sons. In the September quarter of 1928 he married again, Doris May Fischel, at Hampstead and they had two sons.
He died in the New Forest, Hampshire, on 29 November 1963.
He was born in Glasgow, the son of William and Helen Wilson, (née Turner),
He was educated at Glasgow Academy and Glasgow University and became House Surgeon at Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was Medical Correspondent of The Times from 1914–1942.
He twice stood, unsuccessfully, for Parliament, as Liberal candidate for the Saffron Walden district of Essex in 1922 and 1923.
He wrote biographies and historical works under his own name and a single novel under the pseudonym Harry Colindale. Under Anthony Wynne, he created Eustace Hailey, a doctor in mental diseases and amateur sleuth, who featured in many of his 45 mystery novels, beginning with The Mystery of the Evil Eye (1925) and ending with Death of a Shadow (1950).
As Anthony Wynne he also wrote short stories for a variety of magazines and newspapers.
He married Winifred Paynter on 7th December 1905 in Alnwick, Northumberland, and the couple had three sons. In the September quarter of 1928 he married again, Doris May Fischel, at Hampstead and they had two sons.
He died in the New Forest, Hampshire, on 29 November 1963.
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May 26, 2024
Excellent mystery
This is my first Dr. Hailey murder mystery and I really enjoyed it. It is the story of a cad who plays fast and loose with his lady friends, promising marriage to all. This leads to outraged husbands and lovers and disappointed ladies. The book is classic mystery stuff. And it is terrific.
This is my first Dr. Hailey murder mystery and I really enjoyed it. It is the story of a cad who plays fast and loose with his lady friends, promising marriage to all. This leads to outraged husbands and lovers and disappointed ladies. The book is classic mystery stuff. And it is terrific.
June 29, 2019
A very interesting murder mystery -- very dated with its opinions on women, opium use and how suspicion is determined by the look of an individual or his actions -- but none the less it was very fun reading.
The story begins with two men discussing the wife of one of them and her infatuation with a painter. The second man, Alaister, urges calm and tells Major Lionel Leyland — who is married to Alaister's cousin — that the infatuation would soon blow over. Then enters Alaister's model, Echo, and both men discover that Echo has also fallen in love with painter Raoul Featherstone — and has become engaged to him.
Those actions set the tableau for what follows where two men are injured and one is believed is dead. The body is hidden and Alaister starts to recast the whole scenario in order to save Echo's life. Unfortunately, in doing so, when his actions are revealed, it casts suspicion on himself and the woman he loves.
The story begins with two men discussing the wife of one of them and her infatuation with a painter. The second man, Alaister, urges calm and tells Major Lionel Leyland — who is married to Alaister's cousin — that the infatuation would soon blow over. Then enters Alaister's model, Echo, and both men discover that Echo has also fallen in love with painter Raoul Featherstone — and has become engaged to him.
Those actions set the tableau for what follows where two men are injured and one is believed is dead. The body is hidden and Alaister starts to recast the whole scenario in order to save Echo's life. Unfortunately, in doing so, when his actions are revealed, it casts suspicion on himself and the woman he loves.
May 11, 2024
I was excited about this as I really like Wynne's Murder of a Lady. very disappointing. Suspect psychology, credibility straining coincidences, a contrived arrest, conviction and sentence to death in five weeks and medical details I found hard to believe. Cannot recommend this.
November 6, 2023
El mejor libro, protagonizado por el Dr. Hayley, que he leído hasta ahora. Buen desarrollo y un final inesperado.
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