Peter John Turnbull was born 23 October 1950,

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, Yorkshire, England), son of John Colin, an engineer, and Patricia Turnbull, a nurse. He attended Richmond College of Fine Arts; Cambridge College of Arts and Technology, B.A., 1974; University of Huddersfield, M.A.; Cardiff University, Wales, C.Q.S.W. (certificate in social work), 1978. Religion: Anglican. He worked as a government social worker at Strathclyde Regional Council,

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, Scotland, from 1978-1995. He also worked as a steelworker and crematorium assistant in Sheffield and London, and has done social work in Brooklyn, NY, before becoming a full-time writer in 1995 and returning to his native Yorkshire, where he currently resides.

Books

He has produced books in three series, as well as other, non-series books. Glasgow P Division (set in

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) # Deep and Crisp and Even (1981) (finalist for the New Blood Dagger Award in 1981.) # Dead Knock (1982) # Fair Friday (1983) # Big Money (1984) # Two Way Cut (1988) # Condition Purple (1989) # And Did Murder Him (1991) # Long Day Monday (1992) # The Killing Floor (1994) # The Man With No Face (1998) Hennessey and Yellich (set in

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) # Fear of Drowning (1999) # Deathtrap (2000) # Perils and Dangers (2001) # The Return (2001) # After the Flood (2002) # Dark Secrets (2002) # All Roads Leadeth (2003) # Treasure Trove (2003) # The Dance Master (2004) # Hopes and Fears (2004) # The Chill Factor (2005) # The Legacy (2005) # False Knight (2006) # Fire Burn (2006) # Chelsea Smile (2007) # Once a Biker (2007) # No Stone Unturned (2007) # Turning Point (2008) # Informed Consent (2009) # Deliver Us from Evil (2011) # Aftermath (2010) # The Altered Case (2012) # Gift Wrapped (2013) # A Dreadful Past (2016) Harry Vicary (set in

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) # Improving the Silence (2009) # Deep Cover (2011) # The Garden Party (2012) # Denial of Murder (2014) # In Vino Veritas (2015) Maurice Mundy (set in London) # A Cold Case (2016) Other novels * The Claws of the Gryphon (1986) * The Justice Game (1990) * Embracing Skeletons (1996) * Reality Checkpoint (2004) * Sweet Humphrey (2005) * The Trophy Wife (2005) Non-fiction * The Killer Who Never Was (1996): About ''

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''; says they were a series of unrelated murders.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Turnbull, Peter 1950 births Living people English mystery writers English male novelists 20th-century British novelists 21st-century British novelists 20th-century English male writers 21st-century English male writers Tartan Noir writers