Nancy Buckingham

Author of Design for Murder

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About the Author

Includes the names: John Nancy, Nancy John, Nancy John, Erica Quest, Hillary London, Christina Abbey

Disambiguation Notice:

Nancy Jean Buckingham Sawyer and her husband John Sawyer wrote under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham and under the pseudonyms: Christina Abbey, Erica Quest, Nancy John and Hilary London.

Series

Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox

Works by Nancy Buckingham

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Design for Murder (1981) 9 copies

So Many Tomorrows (1982) 8 copies

Model Murder (1991) 8 copies

Romantic Journey = The Legend of Baverstock Manor (1968) 8 copies

Night With a Stranger (1984) 8 copies

Call of Glengarron (1968) 7 copies

The Silver Castle (1978) 6 copies

Secret Love (1986) 6 copies

Rendezvous (1985) 6 copies

The October Cabaret (1979) 6 copies

Champagne Nights (1984) 6 copies

Valley of the Ravens (1973) 6 copies

Summer Rhapsody (1983) 5 copies

A Man for Always (1981) 5 copies

Outback Summer (silhouette Romance, #85) (1981) 4 copies

Web of Passion (1982) 4 copies

The Moongate Wish (1985) 4 copies

Lookalike Love (1986) 4 copies

The Jade Dragon (1974) 4 copies

Cold Coffin (1990) 4 copies

The House Called Edenhythe (1970) 4 copies

Storm in the Mountains (1967) 3 copies

Tormenting Flame (1980) 3 copies

Quest for Alexis (1973) 3 copies

Victim of Love = The Hour Before Moonrise (1967) 3 copies

A Shroud of Silence = Secret of the Ghostly Shroud (1969) 3 copies

Death Walk = Murder in the Cotswolds (1988) 3 copies

Kiss of Hot Sun (1969) 3 copies

Cloud Over Malverton (1967) 3 copies

Window to Happiness (1983) 2 copies

To Trust Tomorrow (1981) 2 copies

Make-Believe Bride (1982) 2 copies

Pattern of Loving (1971) 2 copies

Wienerblod (1981) 2 copies

Prisoner of Passion (1981) 2 copies

The Spanish House (1980) 1 copy

Dream of Yesterday (1984) 1 copy

Never Too Late (1983) 1 copy

Gift der Leidenschaft Roman (1978) 1 copy

Vienna Summer (1979) 1 copy

Marianna (1981) 1 copy

The House at Dragon's Bay (1975) 1 copy

Time for Trusting (1971) 1 copy

Fragile da morire 1 copy

Deadly Deceit (1992) 1 copy

Return to Vienna (1971) 1 copy

The Dark Summer (1968) 1 copy

The Hour before Moonrise (2015) 1 copy

Het dal van de raven 1 copy

The Other Cathy (1978) 1 copy

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Associated Works

The Croesus Conspiracy | The Silver Castle | Treasure up in Smoke — Contributor — 2 copies

Death in the Morning | An Incident in Iceland | The October Cabaret (1979) 1 copy

Run, Sara, Run | Killing No Murder | Design for Murder (1981) 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Buckingham Sawyer, Nancy Jean
Sawyer, John
Other names: Buckingham, Nancy
Abbey, Christina
Quest, Erica
John, Nancy
London, Hillary
Birthdate: 1924-08-10 (Nancy Jean Buckingham Sawyer)
1919-10-04 (John Sawyer)
Date of death: 1994 [1994] (John Sawyer)
Gender: n/a
Nationality: UK
Birthplace: Bristol, England, UK (Nancy Jean Buckingham Sawyer)
London, England, UK (John Sawyer)
Occupations: novelist
Relationships: John Sawyer (husband)
Organizations: Romantic Novelists' Association
Short biography: Nancy Jean Buckingham was born on 10 August 1924 in Bristol, England, UK. In 1949, she married John Sawyer, born on 4 October 1919 in London, England, UK. They formed one of the most popular writting-team marriage. The first books published under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham since 1967, are classical gothic novels. In 1970s, they started to used the pseudonyms: Christina Abbey and Erica Quest. In 1980, they sold her first novels to Silhouette, and they mixed their names to create the penname Nancy John. They also published one novel as Hilary London. The last novels that they published are a popular police series as Erica Quest, protagonized by the Detective Chief Inspector Kate Maddox. Their last novel was released in 1992.

Nancy Jean Buckingham Sawyer was the eighth elected Chairman (1973-1975) of the Romantic Novelists' Association, and is now one of its vice-presidents. John passed away in 1994.
Disambiguation notice: Nancy Jean Buckingham Sawyer and her husband John Sawyer wrote under her maiden name Nancy Buckingham and under the pseudonyms: Christina Abbey, Erica Quest, Nancy John and Hilary London.

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Reviews

Cold Coffin by Erica Quest

An excellent British police procedural with a female detective inspector facing the usual gender issues in a male dominated profession. This aspect is not overdone however.
The story has enough intelligent twists and turns to be interesting. Worth looking at others in the series.

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IMSauman | Dec 31, 2018 |

A Man for Always by Nancy John

Yes, it was a pretty typical Silhouette plot, but the characters were pleasant.

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wareagle78 | Feb 3, 2014 |

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Statistics

Works: 50
Also by: 3
Members: 173
Popularity: #123,688
Rating: 3.0

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 166
Languages: 4
Favorited: 1

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