Bernard Knight

Bernard Henry Knight (1931, E) was born in Cardiff and is a forensic pathologist and writer. He graduated from Welsh National School of Medicine in 1954 and served in Malaya as a captain. He became a Home Office pathologist in 1965 and was appointed Professor of Forensic Pathology, University of Wales College of Medicine, in 1980. In his thirty-one years in that role, he conducted over 25,000 autopsies. He was involved in a number of high-profile cases, including that of the serial killers Fred and Rosemary West. He has been writing since before 1963, when his first crime novel was published. Since then, he has written about thirty books, including contemporary crime fiction, historical novels about Wales, biography, non-fiction popular works on forensic medicine, twelve medico-legal textbooks and the Crowner John Mysteries series of 12th-century historical mysteries featuring one of the earliest (fictional) coroners in England.


Books

Crowner John Mysteries

  • The Sanctuary Seeker (1998), set in November 1194
  • The Poisoned Chalice (1998), set in December 1194
  • Crowner’s Quest (1999), set in Christmas 1194
  • The Awful Secret (2000), set in March 1195
  • The Tinner’s Corpse (2001), set in April 1195
  • The Grim Reaper (2002), set in May 1195
  • Fear In The Forest (2003), set in June 1195
  • The Witch Hunter (2004), set in August 1195
  • Figure of Hate (2005), set in October 1195
  • The Elixir of Death (2006), set in November 1195
  • The Noble Outlaw (2007), set in December 1195
  • The Manor of Death (2008), set in April 1196
  • Crowner Royal (2009), set in Summer 1196
  • A Plague of Heretics (2010), set in November 1196
  • Crowner’s Crusade (2012)

Wye Valley Series / Dr Richard Pryor

  • Where Death Delights (2010)
  • According to the Evidence (2010)
  • Grounds for Appeal (2011)

Tom Howden Series

  • Dead in the Dog (2012)

Other

  • Lion Rampant (1972)
  • Madoc (1977)
  • Brennan (2003)

Novels written under pseudonym Bernard Picton

  • The Lately Deceased (1963)
  • The Thread of Evidence (1965)
  • Mistress Murder (1966)
  • Russian Roulette (1968)
  • Policeman’s Progress (1969)
  • Tiger at Bay (1970)
  • The Expert (1976)

Non-Fiction

  • Murder, Suicide, or Accident: The Forensic Pathologist at Work (1971)

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