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Anthony Berkeley Cox (July 5, 1893 – March 9, 1971) -- a British crime fiction writer. He wrote under several names: Francis Iles, Anthony Berkeley, and A. Monmouth Platts. Berkeley was quite prominent amongst crime writers of his time (the Golden Age of Detective Fiction) and was closely associated with others in this field, including Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers, and G. K. Chesterton in the Detection Club.

Contents 1 Life 2 Books 2.1 Books written as Anthony Berkeley 2.1.1 Roger Sherringham books 2.1.2 Other books 2.2 Books written as Francis Iles 2.3 Books written as A Monmouth Platts 2.4 Uncollected stories 2.4.1 Uncollected stories written as Francis Iles 3 Sources

Born: Watford, England. Education: Sherborne School; University College London. Served in the army during World War I. Journalist: contributor to Punch and The Humorist, London, and reviewer for John O 'London's Weekly, 1938, and, as Francis Ilies, reviewer for the Daily Telegraph in the 1930's, the Sunday Times after World War II, and the Guardian from mid-1950's to 1970.

• The Layton Court Mystery (1925)
• The Wychford Poisoning Case (1926)
• Roger Sheringham and the Vane Mystery [US title: The Mystery at Lovers' Cave] (1927)
• The Silk Stocking Murders (1928)
• The Poisoned Chocolates Case (1929)
• The Second Shot (1930)
• Top Storey Murder (1931)
• Murder in the Basement (1932)
• Jumping Jenny [US title: Dead Mrs. Stratton] (1933)
• Panic Party [US title: Mr Pidgeon's Island] (1934)
• The Roger Sheringham Stories (1994)
• The Avenging Chance and Other Mysteries from Roger Sheringham's Casebook (2004)

• Professor On Paws (1926)
• Mr Priestley's Problem [US title: The Amateur Crime] (1927)
• The Piccadilly Murder (1929)
• Not to Be Taken [US title: A Puzzle in Poison] (1937)
• Trial and Error (1937)
• Death in the House (1939)
• The Scoop and Behind the Screen (1983) (Originally published in The Listener (1931) and (1930), both written by members of the Detection Club)

• Malice Aforethought (1931)
• Before the Fact (1932)
• The Rattenbury Case (1936)
• As For The Woman (1939)

• Cicely Disappears (1927)

• Mr. Simpson Goes to the Dogs (1934)
• The Policeman Only Taps Once (1936)
• Publicity Heroine (1936)

• Outside the Law (1934)
• Dark Journey (1935)
• It Takes Two to Make a Hero (1943)

• Anthony Berkeley - Francis Iles