Robert McNair Wilson (22 May 1882 – 29 November 1963) was a Scottish author and journalist. He wrote an amazing number of books: medical textbooks, biographies, and historical fiction under his own name; murder mysteries (mainly of the Locked Room Mystery variety), a radio play, and non-fiction under the pseudonym Anthony Wynne; and another novel under the pseudonym Harry Colindale.
When not writing, he was a surgeon at Glasgow Western Infirmary. He was The Times' Medical Correspondent from 1914–1942. He also found the time to stand (unsuccessfully) for the Labour Party twice, in the general elections of 1922 and 1923.
His works have been largely forgotten and are almost all out of print. The notable exception is Murder of a Lady, which was reprinted in 2015 (for the first time since its original publication in 1931) as part of the British Library Crime Classics series.
Books written as Robert McNair Wilson (or R. M. Wilson, or R. McNair Wilson):
- The Hearts of Man (1918)
- The Beloved Physician: Sir James Mackenzie, a Biography (1926): McNair Wilson worked under Sir James and dedicated his earlier textbook The Hearts of Man to him.
- Napoleon the Man (1927)
- Josephine, the Portrait of a Woman (1930)
- The History of Medicine (1930)
- The King of Rome (1932)
- Monarchy or Money Power (1933)
- Napoleon's Mother (1933)
- Napoleon's Love Story (1933)
- High Finance (1934)
- The Gipsy Queen of Paris. Being the Story of Madame Tallien by Whom Robespierre Fell (1934)
- Young Man's Money (1934)
- The Mind of Napoleon (1934)
- Promise to Pay: An Inquiry Into the Modern Magic Called High Finance (1934)
- The Defeat of Debt (1935)
- Women of the French Revolution (1936)
- Germaine J de Stael, the Woman of Affairs (1936)
- Napoleon, the Portrait of a King (1937)
- Two Kinds of Money (1937)
- Doctors' Progress (1938)
- British Medicine (1941)
- The Witness of Science (1942)
- Financial Freedom for Housing (1945)
- The Empress Josephine (1952)
Books written as Anthony Wynne:
- The Mystery of the Evil Eye, also called The Sign of Evil (1925): First book in the Dr. Hailey series of mysteries. The main character is Dr. Eustace Hailey, a doctor and psychologist who also solves murders.
- The Double-Thirteen Mystery (1926)
- The Mystery of the Ashes, also called Tiger's Spring (1927)
- The Horseman of Death (1927)
- Sinners Go Secretly (1927): Short story collection
- The Dagger (1928)
- Red Scar (1928)
- The Fourth Finger (1929)
- The Room with the Iron Shutters (1929)
- The Blue Vesuvius (1930)
- The Yellow Crystal (1930)
- Murder of a Lady, also called The Silver Scale Mystery (1931)
- The Silver Arrow, also called The White Arrow (1931)
- The Case of the Green Knife, also called The Green Knife (1932)
- The Case of the Red-Haired Girl, also called The Cotswold Case (1932)
- Murder in Thin Air (1932)
- The Case of the Gold Coins (1933)
- The Loving Cup, also called Death Out of the Night (1933)
- Death of a Banker (1934)
- The Holbein Mystery, also called The Red Lady (1935)
- The Toll-House Murder (1935)
- Death of a Golfer, also called Murder in the Morning (1937)
- Death of a King, also called Murder Calls Dr. Hailey (1938)
- Door Nails Never Die (1939)
- The House on the Hard (1940)
- Emergency Exit (1941)
- Murder in a Church (1942)
- Death of a Shadow (1950)
Short stories written as Anthony Wynne:
- The Death Moth (1924)
- The Moving Hands Mystery, also called The Movable Hands (1925)
- The Lonely Skipper (1925)
- The Mark of the Chain (1925)
- The House of Death (1925)
- Monte Carlo Madness (1925)
- The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 1 - The Hat of the Hundred Days, also called The Hat of Elba (1925)
- The Revolving Death (1925)
- The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 2 - The Leather Wallet (1925)
- The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 3 - The Emerald Necklace (1925)
- The Wasp on the Window, also called The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 12 - The Wasp on the Window (1925)
- The Lost Ancestor, also called The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 10 - The Lost Ancestor (1925)
- The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 4 - The Acid Test (1925)
- The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 5 - Moon Metal (1925)
- The Heel of Achilles, also called The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 9 - The Heel of Achilles (1925)
- Black Magic, also called The Adventures of Eustace Hailey: 8 - Black Magic (1925)
- The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 6 - Countess Xaxa, also called Who is the Countess? (1925)
- The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 7 - The Livid Streak (1925)
- Murder's Sting, also called The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 11 - The Sting (1925)
- The Adventures of Dr Eustace Hailey: 13 - Shadows (1925)
- The Wizard's Race (1926)
Radio play written as Anthony Wynne:
- The Tinkle of the Glass, written for the BBC, aired 30 May 1927
Book written as Harry Colindale:
- They Want Their Wages (1925)
