Cyril Hare Books in Order

Cyril Hare is a renowned British author, pen name of Alfred Alexander Gordon Clark, whose family legacy in the wine and spirit trade dates back to Matthew Clark & Sons. A country boy at heart, Clark was educated at St Aubyn's, Rottingdean and Rugby, where he excelled in English verse, before reading history at New College, Oxford, and earning a first-class degree. As the third son of Henry Herbert Gordon Clark, Clark was destined for a career in law, and he was indeed called to the bar in 1924, joining the prestigious firm of Ronald Oliver. He practiced law in the civil and criminal courts in and around London, where he worked at Hare Court, inspiring his pen name. Clark began his writing career at 36, publishing short sketches in Punch magazine and articles in the Illustrated London News and The Law Journal. His first detective novel, 'Tenant for Death', marked a notable debut in 1937. Drawing from his experiences as a judge's marshall during World War II, Clark penned 'Tragedy at Law' in 1942, cementing his reputation as a skilled author.