Herbert George Jenkins was a British writer

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 and the owner of the publishing company Herbert Jenkins Ltd. His writing style varied from mystery

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 to comedy

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 and popular non-fiction

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. Two of his novel

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s and several of his short stories

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 were made into short movies . As was the norm at the time, many of his works appeared first in pulp magazines.

He died at the age of 47 in London

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, Marylebone

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.

Characters

Detective Malcolm Sage starred in a number of short stories, which were collected into one complete book in 1921. He has been compared to both Hercule Poirot

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 and Sherlock Holmes

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 in his style of detective work. Before starting his own agency, Malcolm has been known to aid the British government. Three of his mysteries were included in Eugene Thwings ten-volume collection of vintage detective stories, "The World's best 100 Detective Stories" (1929).

Mr. Joseph Bindle and his wife starred in a number of comedic novels. It has been said by T. P. O'Connor

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 MP

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, "Bindle is the greatest Cockney that has come into being through the medium of literature since Dickens wrote Pickwick Papers." The stories are based on the comedic drama of life at work, at home and all the adventures that take place along the way.

List of works

• 1912 The Life Of George Borrow
• 1916 Bindle: Some Chapters in the Life of Joseph Bindle a.k.a. Bindle: The Story Of A Cheerful Soul
• 1917 The Night Club
• 1918 Patricia Brent, Spinster
• 1919 The Adventures of Bindle
• 1919 The Rain-Girl: A Romance Of Today
• 1920 John Dene Of Toronto - A Comedy Of Whitehall
• 1921(collected) Malcolm Sage, Detective
  • Sir John Dene Receives His Orders
  • The Strange Case of Mr. Challoner
  • Malcolm Sage's Mysterious Movements
  • The Surrey Cattle-Maiming Mystery
  • Inspector Wensdale Is Surprised
  • The Stolen Admiralty Memorandum
  • The Outrage at the Garage
  • Gladys Norman Dines with Thompson
  • The Holding Up of Lady Glanedale
  • A Lesson in Deduction
  • The McMurray Mystery
  • The Marmalade Clue
  • The Gylston Slander
  • Malcolm Sage Plays Patience
  • The Missing Heavyweight
  • The Great Fight at the Olympia
  • Lady Dene Calls on Malcolm Sage
• 1922 The Return of Alfred
• 1924 Mrs. Bindle: Some Incidents from the domestic life of the Bindles
• 1924 Bindles on the Rocks
• 1925 William Blake: Studies of his life and personality
• 1928 The Stiffsons and other stories
• 1932 Bindles omnibus

External links

• Herbert Jenkins biography
• Herbert Jenkins works available as audiobooks on Librivox