Rufus King (writer)

Rufus King (3 January 1893 – 1966) was an American author of Whodunit crime novels. He created four series of detective stories: the first one with Reginald De Puyster, a sophisticated detective similar to Philo Vance; the second one with his more famous character, Lieutenant Valcour; the third with Colin Starr, who appeared in four stories in the Strand Magazine during 1940/41; and the fourth with Chief Bill Dugan, who appeared in three stories in The Saint Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine 1956/57.

In 2014, Wildside Press purchased Rufus King's copyrights^[1] and began reissuing his work, starting with a collection of Chief Bill Dugan mystery short stories.

Bibliography

WPA poster with Rufus King credit, 1936-1941

• Murder De Luxe (1927)^[2]
• The Fatal Kiss Mystery (1928)
• Murder by the Clock (1929)
• A Woman is Dead (1929)^[3]
• Murder by Latitude (1931)
• Murder in the Willet Family (1931)
• Murder on the Yacht (1932)
• Valcour Meets Murder (1932)
• The Lesser Antilles Case (1934)
• Profile of a Murder (1935)
• The Case of the Constant God (1938)
• Crime of Violence (1938)
• Murder Masks Miami (1939)
• Holiday Homicide (1941)
• Diagnosis Murder (1942)
• Design in Evil (1942)
• A Variety of Weapons (1943)
• The Deadly Dove (1945)
• The Case of the Dowager's Etchings (1946)
• Museum Piece No 13 (1946)
• Lethal Lady (1947)
• The Case of the Redoubled Cross (1949)
• Duenna to a Murder (1951)
• Malice in Wonderland (1958)
• The Steps to Murder (1960)
• The Faces of Danger (1964)
• Malice in Wonderland: The Adventures of Chief Bill Dugan (2015)

References

1. See www.wildsidepress.com/estates.htm
2. aka Mystery De Luxe
3. aka Somewhere in this House

External links

• Bibliography on http://gadetection.pbwiki.com
• Bibliography on http://www.classiccrimefiction.com
• Whodunit Writers
• Wildside Press Estates