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Roy Peter Martin (born 5 January 1931, London) is an English author who has written under the pseudonyms James Melville and Hampton Charles.
Martin read philosophy at Birkbeck College and served in the Royal Air Force before a career in education. As James Melville he has written a series of detective novels set in Japan featuring Superintendent Otani and a historical novel The Imperial Way about the February 26 Incident. He also wrote three of the "Miss Seeton" novels under the pseudonym Hampton Charles.
[edit] References
- T. J. Binyon, "Murder will out", Oxford University Press, 1989, ISBN 019219223X, page 100
- Gina Macdonald, "British mystery and thriller writers since 1960", Dictionary of literary biography, 276, Gale Group, 2003, ISBN 0787660205, page 253
- Victoria Nichols, Susan Thompson, "Silk stalkings: more women write of murder", Scarecrow Press, 1998, ISBN 081083393X, page 277
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