Edward Grierson

Edward Grierson (9 March 1914 - 1975) was a Northumberland barrister and a writer of crime novels. His debut crime novel is the outstanding Reputation for a Song, a classic Inverted detective story. Grierson also wrote five novels, six works of non-fiction and two plays. He also wrote as Brian Crowther and John P Peterson.

Selected works

• Reputation for a Song (1952) — see also the film My Lover My Son
• The Second Man (1956); Gold Dagger Award (dramatised on television: 'The Second Man' on Playhouse 90 in 1959 - starred James Mason and Diana Wynyard)
• The Massingham Affair (1962)
• A Crime of One's Own (1967)