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Guy Mainwaring Morton (1896–1968) was a barrister and writer who wrote crime novels under his own name and the pen name of Peter Traill.

He married Clare, the daughter of the Hartlepool ship-owner M.H. Horsley, in 1923.

Selected publications

• Great Dust. Grayson & Grayson, 1932.
• The 3-7-9 Murder
• The Red Lady
• The Ragged Robin Murders
• The Perrin Murder Case
• Ashes of Murder
• Mystery at Hardacres
• The Forbidden Road
• The Angel
• The Scarlet Thumb-Print
• The Black Robe
• Under The Cherry Tree
• Rangy Pete
• King of the World, or, The Pommeray Case

References

1. "Morton, Guy Mainwaring, (9 Sept. 1896–11 Nov. 1968), author; (Nom-de-plume, Peter Traill)". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. December 2007. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U57795.
2. "Marriages", The Times, 29 October 1923, p. 15.

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