Brian Flynn (1885–1958) was a British writer of Golden Age detective fiction. He published more than fifty crime novels, chiefly from the late 1920s through the 1950s, beginning with The Billiard-Room Mystery in 1927. Most feature his amateur detective, Anthony Bathurst, an intelligent and persistent investigator who solves murders through observation, deduction, and careful attention to clues. Flynn’s fiction is marked by elaborate plots, concealed motives, country-house and village settings, professional rivalries, and murder methods designed to challenge both Bathurst and the reader. Although he was less celebrated during his lifetime than some of his detective-fiction contemporaries, his novels have since been revived and appreciated for their intricate puzzle construction and their place in the British classic-crime tradition.
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