Barrie Roberts (

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, 1939 – 2007)Barrie Roberts
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Biography

Born in

in 1939, Roberts was educated at Churcher's College. As a lawyer, Roberts worked for two firms in the West Midlands and at one he was a part of the appeal for the

Birmingham Six The Birmingham Six were six men from Northern Ireland who were each sentenced to life imprisonment in 1975 following their false convictions for the 1974 Birmingham pub bombings. Their convictions were declared unsafe and unsatisfactory and q ...

. As an instructor, Roberts taught courses on Ghosts and Unsolved Mysteries and has also lectured on the

Assassination of President John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a presidential motorcade through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. Kennedy was in the vehicle with his wife Jacqueline Kennedy Onas ...

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The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in Manchester in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'' and changed its name in 1959, followed by a move to London. Along with its sister paper, ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardi ...

and interested himself in the treatment of Gypsies and other travellers.

Bibliography

Chris Tyroll

*''Victory Snapshot'' (1997) *''Robbery With Malice'' (1999) *''Bad Penny Blues'' (2000) *''Crowner & Justice'' (2002)

Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Novels

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Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac ''Sherlock Holmes and the Railway Maniac'' is a 1994 Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Barrie Roberts which pits Sherlock Holmes against an anarchist who is bombing trains.

'' (1994) *''Sherlock Holmes and the Devil's Grail'' (1995) *'' Sherlock Holmes and the Man from Hell'' (1997) *''Sherlock Holmes and the Royal Flush'' (1998) *''Sherlock Holmes and the Harvest Of Death'' (1999) *''Sherlock Holmes and the Crosby Murder'' (2001) *''Sherlock Holmes and the Rule of Nine'' (2003) *''Sherlock Holmes and the King's Governess'' (2005) *''Sherlock Holmes and the American Angels'' (2007)

Short stories

*''The Disappearance of Daniel Question'' (''

The Strand Magazine ''The Strand Magazine'' was a monthly British magazine founded by George Newnes, composed of short fiction and general interest articles. It was published in the United Kingdom from January 1891 to March 1950, running to 711 issues, though the ...

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*''The Abbus Parva Tragedy: The Mystery of the Christmas Pie'' (''The Strand Magazine'' Christmas 2001) *''The Affair of the Christmas Jewel'' (''The Strand Magazine'' Christmas 2002) *''The Affair of the Christmas Candle'' (''The Strand Magazine'' Christmas 2003) *''The Mystery of the Addleton Curse'' (''The Mammoth Book of New Sherlock Holmes Adventures'') *''The Affair of the Weeping Child'' (''Unpublished'')Personal Correspondence

Non-fiction

*''Midland Ghosts and Hauntings'' (1994) *''Midland Murders and Mysteries'' (1997) *''Midland Spirits and Spectres'' (1998) *''Murder in the Midlands'' (2000) *''A Taste of Murder'' (2004)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberts, Barrie 1939 births 2007 deaths Writers from Hampshire Writers of Sherlock Holmes pastiches English essayists English crime fiction writers People educated at Churcher's College British male essayists English male novelists 20th-century English novelists 20th-century British essayists 20th-century English male writers English male non-fiction writers 20th-century English lawyers