Guy Mainwaring Morton Explained

Guy Mainwaring Morton (1896–1968) was a barrister and writer who wrote crime novels under his own name and the pen name of Peter Traill.^[1]

He married Clare, the daughter of the Hartlepool ship-owner M.H. Horsley, in 1923.^[2]

Selected publications

• Great Dust. Grayson & Grayson, 1932.
• The 3-7-9 Murder
• The Red Lady
• The Ragged Robin Murders
• The Perrin Murder Case
• Ashes of Murder
• Mystery at Hardacres
• The Forbidden Road
• The Angel
• The Scarlet Thumb-Print
• The Black Robe
• Under The Cherry Tree
• Rangy Pete
• King of the World, or, The Pommeray Case

Notes and References

1. Book: http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U57795. Morton, Guy Mainwaring, (9 Sept. 1896–11 Nov. 1968), author; (Nom-de-plume, Peter Traill). December 2007. 10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U57795 . Who Was Who . Oxford University Press .
2. "Marriages", The Times, 29 October 1923, p. 15.