Martin James Russell

Martin Russell was one of the British crime authors in the latter part of the twentieth century. Russell's books were published by Collins Crime Club, from his debut No Through Road in 1965 to Leisure Pursuit in 1993. He published one book under the name Mark Lester and another as by James Arney, both of which were published by Robert Hale. Russell was born in Kent in 1934 and spent much of his life in and around Bromley. He worked …