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R. Coutts Armour R. Coutts Armour i(A27999 works by) (a.k.a. Robert Coutts Armour; R. C. Armour)
Also writes as: Coutts Brisbane ; Hartley Tremayne ; Reid Whitly ; Reid Whitley ; Brett Whitly ; Harmar Kouttes ; Harcoutts Harm
Born: Established: 14 Sep 1874 Brisbane, Queensland, ; Died: Ceased: 1942
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
Gender: Male
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1 A New Species R. Coutts Armour , 2011 single work short story horror
— Appears in: Australian Hauntings : Colonial Supernatural Fiction 2011; Australian Hauntings : Colonial Supernatural Fiction 2013; (p. 165-177)
1 1 y separately published work icon Denizens of Other Worlds R. Coutts Armour , London : Murqui Press , 1984 Z815141 1984 selected work short story science fiction
1 y separately published work icon The Memory Man Coutts Brisbane , London : Nelson , 1948 Z815174 1948 single work children's
1 y separately published work icon Wheels of Fortune Coutts Brisbane , London : Nelson , 1948 Z805870 1948 single work children's adventure

An exciting and well-told adventure story, set in Devon at the time of Napoleon.
1 By Decree of the High Ones Coutts Brisbane , 1944 single work short story
— Appears in: Short Story Magazine , September no. 2 1944; (p. 46) Short Story Magazine , February no. 7 1945; (p. 46)
1 1 The Law of the Universe Coutts Brisbane , 1941 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Tales of Wonder , Winter no. 13 1941; (p. 54-60)
1 y separately published work icon Boko's Lucky Dip Coutts Brisbane , London : Shurey's , 1941 Z807764 1941 single work children's
1 y separately published work icon Boko Does It Again Coutts Brisbane , London : Shurey's , 1941 Z807761 1941 single work children's
1 y separately published work icon The Black Spider Reid Whitley , London : Shurey's , 1941 Z807758 1941 single work children's
1 y separately published work icon The Mystery of the Red Tower Coutts Brisbane , London : Amalgamated Press , 1940 Z815857 1940 single work children's fiction crime detective children's
1 y separately published work icon Lord of the "Lightning" Coutts Brisbane , London : Shurey's , 1940 Z807755 1940 single work children's
1 1 The Planet Wrecker Coutts Brisbane , 1939 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Planet Stories , Winter no. 9 1939; (p. 39-49)
1 1 The Big Cloud Coutts Brisbane , 1939 single work short story science fiction
— Appears in: Tales of Wonder , Summer no. 7 1939; (p. 42-53)
1 y separately published work icon The Riddle of the Negro's Head Coutts Brisbane , London : Amalgamated Press , 1939 Z815854 1939 single work children's fiction crime children's detective
1 y separately published work icon In the Air with the Fairies Coutts Brisbane , London : Publishers Agents Ltd , 1938 Z1803957 1938 single work children's fiction children's fantasy
1 y separately published work icon The Mystery of the Missing Doctor Coutts Brisbane , London : Amalgamated Press , 1938 Z815848 1938 single work children's fiction children's detective crime
1 y separately published work icon The School of Secrets Reid Whitley , London : Amalgamated Press , 1938 Z815150 1938 single work children's fiction children's Fifteen-year-old Tom Carew is newly orphaned when he arrives at a Cornwall boarding school for problem students. Tom soon discovers that the school is a very strange place: it is rigged with surveillance equipment so that Dr Mancus, the man in charge of the school, can watch the boys' activities. The boys believe that Mancus is somehow involved with the mysterious deaths and disappearances of several boys. When Mancus and the languages teacher Flamel find Tom snooping around, they punish him with a barbaric device that electrocutes him until he is unconscious. What are Mancus and Flamel up to, what does it have to do with the boys' inheritances, and how will Tom escape Mancus's grasp?
1 Two on a Tower! Coutts Brisbane , 1937 single work short story
— Appears in: The 20 Story Magazine , June vol. 30 no. 180 1937; (p. 83-86)
1 y separately published work icon Bandits of the Air Reid Whitly , London : Mellifont Press , 1937 Z815177 1937 single work children's fiction children's
1 y separately published work icon The Masked Man of the Desert Coutts Brisbane , London : Amalgamated Press , 1937 Z804767 1937 single work children's fiction children's detective crime
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