Mary Kelly (writer)
Mary Theresa Kelly, née Coolican, was an English writer of crime novels. Born in London, she received an M.A. degree from University of Edinburgh in 1951. She married Dennis Charles Kelly in 1950, and was a teacher in Surrey County Council schools. In 1961, her novel The Spoilt Kill won a Gold Dagger Award.
Inspector Brett Nightingale series
A Cold Coming Dead Man's Riddle- ''The Christmas Egg''
Other novels
The Spoilt Kill Due to a Death March to the Gallows The Dead Corse Write on Both Sides of the Paper The Twenty-Fifth Hour- ''That Girl in the Alley''