John Buxton Hilton


John Buxton Hilton was a British crime writer. Hilton was born in Buxton, Derbyshire.He became a French teacher and later HMI in French. Ill health led him to early retirement and taking up crime writing in earnest. He wrote the Superintendent Simon Kenworthy series and the Inspector Thomas Brunt series, as well as the Inspector Mosley series under the pseudonym John Greenwood. Hilton died in Norwich.

Superintendent Simon Kenworthy series

Inspector Thomas Brunt series

  • Rescue from the Rose
  • Gamekeeper's Gallows
  • Dead-Nettle
  • Mr. Fred
  • The Quiet Stranger
  • ''Slickensides''

Inspector Mosley series

  • Murder, Mr. Mosley
  • Mosley by Moonlight
  • Mosley Went to Mow
  • Mists Over Mosley
  • The Mind of Mr. Mosley
  • ''What Me, Mr. Mosley?''