E. C. Bentley

1875–1956

1 series 3 books in order

Edmund Clerihew Bentley, who generally published under the names E. C. Bentley and E. Clerihew Bentley, was an English novelist and humorist. He is known as the inventor of the clerihew, a form of humorous verse on biographical topics. Bentley was born in 1875 and died in 1956.

Born: 1875
Known for: Trent's Last Case

Series by E. C. Bentley

Trent's Last Case

3 books in order · 1913–1938

Trent's Last Case

1913 · E. C. Bentley

Trent investigates the death of an industrialist, solving the case three times, coming closer to the truth with each solution.
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Trent's Own Case

1936 · E. C. Bentley

A 1936 novel by Edmund Clerihew Bentley in which detective Philip Trent, an erudite investigator and confidant of Scotland Yard, finds himself under…
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Trent Intervenes

1938 · E. C. Bentley

Philip Trent is an artist, journalist, and urbane unraveller of highly problematical crimes, described as a man of "tropically luxuriant mental…
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How many books has E. C. Bentley written?

We list 3 books by E. C. Bentley across 1 series, published between 1913–1938 — each shown in full reading order.

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