In the limited time I had today to spend working on Part 9 of the Addenda, I was in the W’s, but branched out from there as usual. No big names this time around, but they all wrote crime fiction, in one form or another.

MOREL, DIGHTON. Pseudonym of Kenneth Louis Warner, 1915-1990, q.v. Under this pen name, the author of one title in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV perhaps more science-fictional than crime related. See below.
      -Moonlight Red. Secker & Warburg, UK, hc, 1960. Add the dash. Ned Brooks provided the following description of the book, based on the author’s entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy, by Donald H. Tuck: “An apocalyptic disaster novel in which an epidemic drives everyone mad.”

PALMER, JOHN. Pseudonym of Edgar John Palmer Watts, 1904-1988, q.v. Add year of death. [Note: This is not the John Palmer who with Hilary St. George Saunders wrote under the joint pen name of Francis Beeding.] Under this byline Watts wrote four crime adventure novels included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. See below. Series characters Guy Plant and Freya Matthews (P/M) appeared together in two of them.
      Above and Below. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, hc, 1967. Setting: Ship. (P/M)
      The Caves of Claro. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, hc, 1964.
      Cretan Cipher. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, hc, 1965. Setting: Crete.

      So Much for Gennaro. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, hc, 1968. Setting: Ship. (P/M)

SELWYN. Pseudonym of Selwyn Victor Watson, 1912-1989, q.v. Add both dates. Under this pen name, the author of one mystery novel included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. See below.
      Operation Ballerina. Hodder & Stoughton, UK, hc, 1953. A review in Punch begins: “The secret agent. The blonde. The gun. The coincidences. The brutality … ”

WANDER, KEITH W. 1941-2001. Add year of death. Born in Buffalo NY, lived after retirement north of Traverse City MI. Author of two works of Christian fiction, both mysteries included in the (Revised) Crime Fiction IV. Add the one marked with an asterisk (*) below.
      Brothers for Life. Illinois: Crossway Books, pb, 1991. Add setting: Michigan (Leelanau County).
      (*) Last Resort. Illinois: Crossway Books, pb, 1990. Setting: Michigan (Leelanau County).

WARNER, KENNETH LOUIS. 1915-1990. Correct spelling of middle name and add year of death. Pseudonym: Dighton Morel, q.v.

WATTS, EDGAR JOHN PALMER. 1904-1988. Add year of death. Pseudonym: John Palmer, q.v.

WATSON, SELWYN VICTOR. 1912-1989. Add both dates. Pseudonym: Selwyn, q.v.