Mark McShane

Mark McShane (28 November 1929 – 28 August 2013)[1] was an Australian author best known for the novel Seance on a Wet Afternoon. The New York Times called McShane "another of the brighter authors to emerge in the 1960's... who invents wonderful titles."[2]

He sometimes wrote under the name "Marc Lovell".[3]

Selected writings

Myra Savage Mystery

  • Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1961) - filmed in 1964, 2000, and 2026
  • Seance for Two (1972)

Norman Pink

  • The Girl Nobody Knows (1965)[4]
  • Night's Evil (1966)
  • The Way to Nowhere (1967)

Andrew Bailey Mystery (as Marc Lovell)

  • A Presence in the House (1972)
  • Hand Over Mind (1980)

Jason Galt Mystery (as Marc Lovell)

  • The Blind Hypnotist (1976)
  • The Second Vanetti Affair (1977)

Appleton Porter Mystery (as Marc Lovell)

  • The Spy Game (1980)
  • Spy On the Run (1982)
  • The Spy With His Head in the Clouds (1982)
  • Apple Spy in the Sky (1983) - filmed as The Trouble with Spies (1987)
  • Apple to the Core (1983)
  • How Green Was My Apple (1984)
  • The Only Good Apple in a Barrel of Spies (1982)
  • The Spy Who Got His Feet Wet (1985)
  • Good Spies Don't Grow On Trees (1986)
  • The Spy Who Barked In The Night (1986) - "Lovell's genius is his ability to write hilarious farce without losing either credibility or suspense"[5]
  • That Great Big Trenchcoat in the Sky (1988)
  • The Spy Who Fell Off the Back of a Bus (1988)
  • Ethel and the Naked Spy(1989)
  • Comfort Me With Spies (1990)

Other novels

  • The Straight and Crooked (1960) - first novel[6]
  • The Passing of Evil (1961) - filmed as The Grasshopper (1970)
  • Untimely Ripped (1962)[7]
  • The Crimson Madness of Little Doom (1966)
  • The Ghost of Megan (1968) (as Marc Lovell) aka The Memory of Megan
  • Ill Met By a Fish Shop On George Street (1968)[8]
  • The Singular Case of the Multiple Dead (1970)[9]
  • The Imitation Thieves (1971) (as Marc Lovell)
  • The Man Who Left Well Enough (1971)
  • An Enquiry Into the Existence of Vampires (1974) (as Marc Lovell) aka Vampire in the Shadows
  • Dreamers in a Haunted House (1975) (as Marc Lovell)
  • Lashed But Not Leashed (1976)
  • The Guardian Spectre (1977) (as Marc Lovell)
  • Fog Sinister (1977) (as Marc Lovell)
  • A Voice from the Living (1978) (as Marc Lovell)
  • The Halcyon Way (1979)
  • And They Say You Can't Buy Happiness (1979) (as Marc Lovell)
  • The Hostage Game (1979)
  • Shadows and Dark Places (1980) (as Marc Lovell)
  • The Last Seance (1982) (as Marc Lovell)
  • Looking for Kingford (1983) (as Marc Lovell)
  • Just a Face in the Dark (1987)
  • Once Upon a Fairy Tale (1990)
  • Mourning Becomes the Hangman (1991)
  • The Fourth Nail (2002)
  • The Man Who Made Love (2003)

References

  1. ↑ Palma, Marta Ferrà (30 August 2013). "Mark McShane, el escritor de novela negra que residió en Mallorca durante 40 años". Diario de Mallorca (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 June 2026.
  2. ↑ Boucher, Anthony (25 February 1968). "Criminals At Large". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 22 December 2025.
  3. ↑ "Line of Duty thriller". The Des Moines Register. 7 July 1991. p. 4C
  4. ↑ "Books and authors". The Republican. 24 February 1965. p. 19.
  5. ↑ "New mysteries". The San Francisco Examiner. 9 March 1986. p. 5 Review.
  6. ↑ "Criminal records". The Guardian. 9 December 1960. p. 7.
  7. ↑ "Mystery and suspense". Evening Star. 21 April 1963. p. 37
  8. ↑ "Something different. Ledger-Enquirer. 26 February 1968. p. 9.
  9. ↑ "Crime". Evening Standard. 11 August 1970. p. 14
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