Joyce Porter (28 March 1924 – 9 December 1990)[1] was an English crime fiction author. She was born in Marple, Cheshire. In Macclesfield she attended the High School for Girls, then King's College London. served in the Women's Royal Air Force from 1949 to 1963. An intensive course in Russian qualified her for intelligence work for the WRAF. She left the service determined to pursue a full-time career in writing, having written three detective novels already.[2]
Joyce Porter lived the last years of her life in a thatched cottage in Longbridge Deverill, a village in Wiltshire.[3] She is interred in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul.[4]
Porter created the characters of Eddie Brown, Constance Ethel Morrison-Burke, and Wilfred Dover.[2]
In DCI Wilfred Dover and his assistant Sergeant MacGregor, she created a template later used successfully, especially by Reginald Hill, in straight 'whodunnits'[citation needed], but Porter's novels, while intricately plotted, were always played for laughs. But despite their light-hearted nature, Porter allowed the books to reflect topical themes. Dover is obese, lazy, unhygienic and bordering on corrupt. MacGregor is keen, clean and ferociously ambitious. However, on the rare occasions he is able to put aside plate, pint-glass and cigarettes long enough to concentrate, Dover usually sees the answer first.
The Honourable Constance booksedit
The Honourable Constance Ethel Morrison-Burke is an upper-class 'spinster' who, armed only with pluck, a deep-rooted hatred of men and her family's enormous financial resources, sallies forth to fight crime with the aid of her devoted companion Miss Jones. (In The Fine Art of Murder, editors Ed Gorman et al. describe Morrison-Burke as "the first clearly lesbian detective in fiction."[5]) The 'Hon Con' books were even less like straight 'who-dunnits' than the 'Dovers' because while Dover is an experienced copper who has, it becomes clear, a good brain, the 'Hon Con' is an amateur bungler of below-average intelligence. Therefore, her solving of each case had to be achieved entirely by a happy coincidence.
Publicationsedit
Detective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover
Dover One (1964)
Dover Two (1965)
Dover Three (1965)
Dover and the Unkindest Cut of All (1967)
Dover Goes to Pott (1968)
Dover Strikes Again (1970)
It's Murder with Dover (1973)
Dover and the Claret Tappers (1976)
Dead Easy for Dover (1978)
Dover Beats the Band (1980)
Dover: The Collected Short Stories (1995)
Eddie Brown, The World's Most Reluctant Spy
Sour Cream with Everything (1966)
The Chinks in the Curtain (1967)
Neither a Candle Nor a Pitchfork (1969)
Only with a Bargepole (1971)
Constance Ethel Morrison Burke
Rather a Common Sort of Crime (1970) (aka Constance Ethel Morrison Burke)
joyce, porter, march, 1924, december, 1990, english, crime, fiction, author, born, marple, cheshire, macclesfield, attended, high, school, girls, then, king, college, london, served, women, royal, force, from, 1949, 1963, intensive, course, russian, qualified,. Joyce Porter 28 March 1924 9 December 1990 1 was an English crime fiction author She was born in Marple Cheshire In Macclesfield she attended the High School for Girls then King s College London served in the Women s Royal Air Force from 1949 to 1963 An intensive course in Russian qualified her for intelligence work for the WRAF She left the service determined to pursue a full time career in writing having written three detective novels already 2 Joyce Porter lived the last years of her life in a thatched cottage in Longbridge Deverill a village in Wiltshire 3 She is interred in the churchyard of St Peter and St Paul 4 Porter created the characters of Eddie Brown Constance Ethel Morrison Burke and Wilfred Dover 2 Contents 1 The Dover books 2 The Honourable Constance books 3 Publications 4 Adaptations 5 References 6 External linksThe Dover books editIn DCI Wilfred Dover and his assistant Sergeant MacGregor she created a template later used successfully especially by Reginald Hill in straight whodunnits citation needed but Porter s novels while intricately plotted were always played for laughs But despite their light hearted nature Porter allowed the books to reflect topical themes Dover is obese lazy unhygienic and bordering on corrupt MacGregor is keen clean and ferociously ambitious However on the rare occasions he is able to put aside plate pint glass and cigarettes long enough to concentrate Dover usually sees the answer first The Honourable Constance books editThe Honourable Constance Ethel Morrison Burke is an upper class spinster who armed only with pluck a deep rooted hatred of men and her family s enormous financial resources sallies forth to fight crime with the aid of her devoted companion Miss Jones In The Fine Art of Murder editors Ed Gorman et al describe Morrison Burke as the first clearly lesbian detective in fiction 5 The Hon Con books were even less like straight who dunnits than the Dovers because while Dover is an experienced copper who has it becomes clear a good brain the Hon Con is an amateur bungler of below average intelligence Therefore her solving of each case had to be achieved entirely by a happy coincidence Publications editDetective Chief Inspector Wilfred Dover Dover One 1964 Dover Two 1965 Dover Three 1965 Dover and the Unkindest Cut of All 1967 Dover Goes to Pott 1968 Dover Strikes Again 1970 It s Murder with Dover 1973 Dover and the Claret Tappers 1976 Dead Easy for Dover 1978 Dover Beats the Band 1980 Dover The Collected Short Stories 1995 Eddie Brown The World s Most Reluctant Spy Sour Cream with Everything 1966 The Chinks in the Curtain 1967 Neither a Candle Nor a Pitchfork 1969 Only with a Bargepole 1971 Constance Ethel Morrison Burke Rather a Common Sort of Crime 1970 aka Constance Ethel Morrison Burke A Meddler and Her Murder 1972 The Package Included Murder 1975 Who the Heck is Sylvia 1977 The Cart Before the Crime 1979 Adaptations editA number of the Inspector Dover books have been adapted for BBC Radio 4 by Paul Mendelson and star Kenneth Cranham as Dover 6 Dover Goes to Pott Dover and the Claret Tappers Dover Beats the Band Dover and The Sleeping Beauty 16 January 2010 Dover and the Unkindest Cut of AllAnd a new story by Paul Mendelson based on the characters Dover and the Smoking Gun 1 October 2001 References edit Joyce Porter Cyberspace Spinner Retrieved 9 August 2008 a b van Embden Nico Joyce Porter Retrieved 9 August 2008 Vergessene Krimiautoren Joyce Porter 1924 1990 16 June 2013 Retrieved 6 May 2021 Photos of Joyce Porter Find A Grave Memorial www findagrave com Retrieved 6 May 2021 Gorman Ed 1995 The Fine Art of Murder BBS Publishing p 164 ISBN 9780883659106 search results for Kenneth Cranham Dover BBC Retrieved 14 February 2012 External links editJoyce Porter at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Joyce Porter amp oldid 1219032540, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
