John Creasey

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  • Bibliography:
    252 Books (5 Series)
  • First Book:
    January 1939
  • Latest Book:
    January 2025
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Full Series List in Order

Baron

Sport for the Baron (Aug-2009)
Meet the Baron (Feb-2011)

A Doctor Palfrey thriller

The Legion of the Lost (Jan-1965)
Death in the Rising Sun (Jan-1969)
The Thunder Maker (Jan-1976)
The Wings of Peace (Jan-1978)

Gideon of Scotland Yard

3 - Gideon's Night (Jan-2009)
7 - Gideon's Fire ()
Gideon's Staff ()
Gideon's Men (1972)
Gideon's Press (1973)
Gideon's Fog (Nov-1974)
Gideon's Drive (1976)
Gideon's River (Jul-1982)
A Conference for Assassins (Jan-2009)
Impartiality Against the Mob (Jan-2012)

An Inspector West Mystery

Inspector West Takes Charge (1972)
The Theft of Magna Carta; The 42nd Story of Roger West (1973)
The Gelignite Gang (Sep-1987)
Death of a Postman (Nov-1987)
The Creepers (Nov-1987)
The Case Against Paul Raeburn (Dec-1987)
The Figure in the Dusk (Dec-1987)
A Beauty for Inspector West (May-1998)
Inspector West Cries Wolf (Jun-2003)

Toff

Stars for the Toff ()
The Toff and the Deep Blue Sea ()
The Toff and the Lady ()
The Toff and the Stolen Tresses ()
The Toff Goes to Market ()
Here Comes the Toff (1940)
The Toff and the Golden Boy (1969)
The Toff and the Fallen Angels (May-1983)
The Toff and Old Harry (Jun-1991)
Introducing the Toff (Jan-1998)
The Toff and the Curate (Sep-2005)
The Toff in New York (Jan-2009)
Terror for the Toff (Jan-2012)
The Toff and the Deadly Priest (Nov-2012)
The Toff and the Terrifed Taxman (Nov-2012)

Book List in Order: 252 titles

  • The Secret Aeroplane Mystery

  • Here Comes the Toff

    Toff

    The Woman In Black The Hon. Richard Rollison--the Toff to the police and underworld of a dozen countries--had always considered himself attractive to beautiful women, but when Irma Cardew came back into his life, he could only wonder who was marke...

  • Kill the Toff

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    Harlequin Romance - 116

    Jim Mellor appears to lead a double life. As he sits alone contemplating taking his own life, his fiancée Judith Lorne is distraught. His disappearance, following being accused of murder - something Judith refuses to believe " may have some explan...

  • The Legion of the Lost

    A Doctor Palfrey thriller

    As World War II enters what may be the ‘beginning of the end’, Dr. Palfrey and his Z5 colleagues are tasked with locating many of the doctors, scientists and other prominent people who have been imprisoned by the Nazis all over Europe. They will ...

  • Death in the Rising Sun

    A Doctor Palfrey thriller

    Towards the end of World War II elements of the German High Command flee to Japan. Could this mean that the war in Europe will end only for the Allies to find resistance in the East to be even fiercer than expected? Dr. Palfrey leaves for the East on...

  • So Young to Burn

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    A series of acid-throwing attacks on young lovers has everyone mystified. Is it the work of young hooligans, or are there more sinister forces at play? Roger ‘Handsome’ West of Scotland Yard must solve the case, and quickly. However, there are ma...

  • The Toff and the Golden Boy

    Toff

    You Are Going To Die Today! Richard Rollison--the Toff to the underworld and the police departments of a dozen countries --had received many threats against his life, but never one that frightened him half so much as the warning from the golden-ha...

  • Trap the Baron

    When John Mannering - alias the Baron - picked up the receiver he heard a frightened man at the end of the line. When he later opened his front door he found a superbly confidant and supremely beautiful woman standing there. She had been robbed of...

  • Gideon's Men

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    Gideon of Scotland Yard

    here is no end to crime in London as Gideon knows all too well, working day in day out to keep the streets safer. But Gideon and his men have real lives too and personal problems that can sometimes interfere with the job at hand. As landlords neglect...



  • Inspector West Takes Charge

    An Inspector West Mystery

    Extortion is the name of the game and the method is to murder anyone who might get in the way. ‘The Dreem’ factory and much else is at stake. Inspector West has to unravel it all at gun point, but not without difficulty and surprise . ....

  • Splinter of Glass

    A major gold bullion robbery has been pulled off by a totally ruthless and terrifying gang, ‘The Bullion Boys’. Murder along the way is if no consequence to them. Now, they must protect their haul and as they become increasingly desperate so the ...

  • Gideon's Press

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    Gideon of Scotland Yard

    Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard finds himself entangled in a case that goes to the very heart of English society. A great newspaper is threatened with ruin, its reporters with murder, and England is faced with losing its lifeline to the w...

  • Inspector West at Home

    Chief Inspector Roger West opened his front door to find his Superintendent, Abbott, standing before him. "I think you know why I've called," said Abbott, as he drew a folded piece of paper from his overcoat. It was an official search warrant. Fac...

  • The Theft of Magna Carta; The 42nd Story of Roger West

    An Inspector West Mystery

    First U.S. edition. Superintendent Roger West of Scotland Yard rescues the Sarum Magna Carta after a band of international art thieves steal it from the Salisbury Catherdral. 191 pages. boards, dust jacket.. 8vo.....

  • Men, Maids and Murder

  • The Extortioners

    Professor Clayton leads a double life. He is happily married, but there is another woman and also a teenage son who learns that the person he calls ‘uncle’ is actually his father. Now, Clayton is being blackmailed, but is determined not to give i...

  • Gideon's Fog

    Gideon of Scotland Yard

    The last time Commander Gideon of the Yard had seen fog like it, he was just a lad. Clean air policies had more or less banished the thick, impenetrable, chokingly sulphurous fumes of old…until now. Sat in his car, enveloped, Gideon spied a gleam o...

  • Inspector West Alone

    West has been lured into a horrific scenario. He found his face covered with scratches, his blood-stained clothes not his own, and an axe with his fingerprints all over it beside a dead young girl. The police had been called and Chief Inspector Roger...

  • The Thunder Maker

    A Doctor Palfrey thriller



  • Gideon's Drive

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    Gideon of Scotland Yard

  • Send Superintendent West

    With vital Cold War talks at risk Roger West of Scotland Yard, its finest detective, must stay one step ahead and out-think the FBI if he is to save Ricky Shawn’s life. A frightened ten year old child, Ricky has been kidnapped as a mere pawn in a r...

  • Mark of the Crescent

    A mysterious symbol is the key to a murder case in this classic suspense tale by the Edgar Award"winning author.Gordon Craigie and Department Z -- the squad of top-secret detectives within British intelligence -- are embroiled in a desperate invest...

  • The Mists of Fear

    It seemed to be only a light vapour, but it was evil incarnate, strong enough to knock a tough man down. Dr. Palfrey is up against an enemy greater than any he has faced before, who moves in a white, insidious mist that brings death to all but one. T...

  • The Wings of Peace

    A Doctor Palfrey thriller

    The Prince of Barbares, or the scourge of India? Dr. Palfrey and Z5 are up against an Indian mystic who is said to possess the ability to transmit images straight into the minds of his victims. They can take the form of depicting either a glorious pi...

  • Sharp Rise in Crime

    A somewhat incredible deception is planned so as to try and put an end to corruption that is undermining the very fabric of society and to deal with vice crimes that appear to reach the highest levels. Scotland Yard announces that one of its best det...

  • Killers of Innocence

    When the children arrived at the nursery, they were happy and carefree, like children everywhere. The drowsiness came later, then the fever and the terrible illness. Afterward they were different -- sullen, hostile, bitter. These were to be the in...

  • Traitor's Doom

    Nazi Agents are at work in the neutral countries of Europe - attempting to subvert so as to provide further easy victims for the Third Reich. Dr. Palfrey and the ‘Rescue Squad’ are faced with the challenge and danger of meeting this treachery and...

  • Gideon's River

    Gideon of Scotland Yard

    The underworld inhabits the Thames, but Scotland Yard's finest detective is never far behind them . . . A dropped package puts him on the trail of an international diamond smuggling operation which uses the Port of London as its entry point. Further ...

  • Help from the Baron

    The Fioras jewels are missing and Francesca Lisle, one of John Mannering’s (aka ‘The Baron’) neighbours, is mysteriously asked by her father to retrieve a leather holdall from underneath the floorboards and take it to him at Waterloo station. F...



  • The Toff and the Fallen Angels

    Toff

    ANGEL KILLER Someone was terrorizing the home for unwed mothers, and Naomi Smith asked the Hon. Richard Rollison -- the Toff to enemies and friends alike -- to find out who. Planting pretty Angela among the “fallen angels” to look for clues se...

  • The Baron and the Unfinished Portrait

    As John Mannering's wife paints a portrait of a celebrated beauty, Lady Deirdre Vandemeyer, she begins to doubt the authenticity of her subject. Then she is stabbed and Mannering (aka 'The Baron') goes undercover as a personal assistant to try and ge...

  • Last Laugh for the Baron

    The peace of a quiet day is disturbed at Quinns, the antique shop in London’s Mayfair owned by John Mannering " known also as ‘The Baron’ and a former master cracksman and jewel thief. The phone rings and is answered by Josh Larraby, himself ...

  • As Merry As Hell

  • The Baron on Board

    The Mask Of Sumi had been worn by the newly crowned rulers of Sumi for hundreds of years, but now the princes no longer ruled that small oriental country. And someone with an eye for profit as well as beauty was arranging for the sale of the Sumi cr...

  • Man Who Was Not Himself

    Hugh Buckingham wakes up in a strange bed and makes love to a woman he’s never seen before. She responds warmly, makes his breakfast, and packs him off to catch the 9:27 to town, where he finds he’s employed as a minor civil servant. Not so su...

  • Hide the Baron

    Why is George Morrow being threatened? Why was Jimmy Garfield murdered? What was really in the box that he kept in the seat of his wheelchair? John Mannering - alias 'The Baron' - takes on another spine-tingling adventure and seeks to solve the myste...

  • The Gelignite Gang

    An Inspector West Mystery

    There has been a succession of jewelry robberies whose trademark -- safes blown open by explosive gelignite -- links them in Scotland Yard’s eye. But it is only when the most recent of these crimes ends in murder that Inspector West begins to disen...

  • Give a Man a Gun

    CITY OF TERROR Night after night the number of policemen murdered increased. Day by day the cry for more armed police and vigilante patrols grew louder. Was the underworld in open revolt against the law? Was there a vendetta against the police? Wa...

  • The Beauty Queen Killer

    Only a jealous lover? Betty Gelibrand was young, exceptionally beautiful, and the proud winner of a contest that guaranteed her a part in a movie. It was a small part, to be sure, but every great actress had to start somewhere small...or so she told ...



  • The Blind Spot

    An Inspector West mystery. Janet West finds an envelope containing the message "This is only the beginning!" under her front door. And her husband, Inspector Roger West of Scotland Yard, is in the hospital, the victim of an unknown acid thrower. ...

  • The Creepers

    An Inspector West Mystery

    THE INSPECTOR LOOKED AT THE TWO BODIES… The woman lay in a crumbled heap by the far side of her bed, face showing. There was thick, coagulated blood on her breasts and her nightdress, and across one hand that lay limply on the carpet. Her husban...

  • Death of a Postman

    An Inspector West Mystery

    An unassuming, quiet Post Office sorter is killed, and Inspector Roger 'Handsome' West, Scotland Yard's most down to earth and brilliant detective is called to investigate. What is the connection with a series of outrageous and bold daylight crimes t...

  • The Case Against Paul Raeburn

    An Inspector West Mystery

    Chief Inspector Roger West has been watching and waiting for over two years - he is determined to catch Paul Raeburn out. The millionaire racketeer may have made a mistake, following the killing of a small time crook. Can the ace detective triumph ov...

  • The Figure in the Dusk

    An Inspector West Mystery

    Here is one of the strangest cases in the career of Inspector West of Scotland Yard -- when a mysterious killer stalks the night, leaving sudden death and terror in his wake....

  • Bundle for the Toff

    BUNDLE FROM HEAVEN Richard Rollison -- The Toff to the police and underworld of a dozen countries -- was not in the habit of stumbling over newborn infants on his doorstep -- and it was even more embarrassing a happening when he was holding a girl...

  • The Toff and Old Harry

    Toff

    The Hon. Richard Rollison, alias "The Toff", decides to find gangland leader "Old Harry". But things start to look black for Rollison when rumors start that he is actually "Old Harry"....

  • Shadow the Baron

    John Mannering (‘The Baron’) is called in by Scotland Yard’s Superintendent Bristow to help catch the mysterious jewel thief ‘The Shadow’. No one knows the thief’s identity, but he has managed to pull off many high profile robberies. Howe...

  • Phantom Rubies

  • Introducing the Toff

    Toff

    Whilst returning home from a cricket match at his father's country home, the Honourable Richard Rollison - alias The Toff - comes across an accident which proves to be a mystery. As he delves deeper into the matter with his usual perseverance and tho...



  • A Beauty for Inspector West

    An Inspector West Mystery

  • The Scene of the Crime

    A man`s ambition and love of his beautiful wife, lead him to murder and robbery with violence. Superintendent Roger West, Scotland Yard’s best, and most down to earth, detective is called in, although not without family complications....

  • The House of the Bears

    Standing alone in the bleak Yorkshire Moors is Sir Rufus Marne’s ‘House of the Bears’. Dr. Palfrey is asked to journey there to examine an invalid - who he finds has disappeared. Moreover, Marne’s daughter lies terribly injured after a fall f...

  • Inspector West Cries Wolf

    An Inspector West Mystery

    Once again Scotland Yard was thrown into confusion by another masterful burglary. This time Lobo's gang had revealed themselves as killers intent on letting nothing interfere with their criminal activities -- but the only clue lay in the mark of a wo...

  • The Toff and the Curate

    Toff

    When he died in 1973, John Creasey was the world's most prolific author, with 562 books selling over 80 million copies worldwide. This classic Creasey mystery, first published in 1948, features an amazing showdown in the boxing ring between the tough...

  • Gideon's Day

    Gideon’s day is a busy one. He balances family commitments with solving a series of seemingly unrelated crimes from which a plot nonetheless evolves and a mystery is solved. One of the most senior officers within Scotland Yard, George Gideon’s cr...

  • A Conference for Assassins

    Gideon of Scotland Yard

    Four heads of state are to meet in London. The usual suspects will be out on the streets attempting to con, or rob, spectators. But this is not the major problem faced by Scotland Yard’s finest, Commander George Gideon. It is known that assassins a...

  • Gideon's Night

    Gideon of Scotland Yard - 3

    On this particular night Commander George Gideon has to deal with a couple of psychopaths, who trail pain and blood in their wake. One targets infants, and the other young women on London’s foggy streets. There’s also an explosive gang war in the...

  • The Toff in New York

    Toff

    ‘Say, Miss Hall, I hope that brother of yours hasn’t run into any trouble.’ But Will Hall had been kidnapped and the Honourable Richard Rollison, known by many by the apt if absurd soubriquet of The ‘Toff’ is soon on the scene, but not bef...

  • Sport for the Baron

    Baron

    The 'Alda insignia' is to be sold at auction, but John Mannering (‘The Baron’) refuses to buy it for a mysterious Australian. He is then, however, threatened by the seller’s lawyers. Travelling to Australia in order to try and uncover the truth...

  • From Murder to a Cathedral

    Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard is working on an intriguing case involving a mysterious man who is known to photograph young girls in the nude and the girls then vanish. He is also attempting to deal with serious internal problems at the Yar...

  • Gideon's Art

    The National Gallery houses priceless art treasures belonging to the nation and has high security. But Velazquez's painting "The Prince" is nevertheless stolen. Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard knows of only a few thieves at large artful enou...

  • The Masters of Bow Street

    This epic novel embraces the story of the Bow Street Runners, forerunners of the modern police force, who were founded by novelist Henry Fielding in 1748. They were the earliest detective force operating from the courts to enforce the decisions of ma...

  • Travelling Crimes

    London's transportation system is experiencing a crime wave, with a ruthless gang victimising unsuspecting commuters. There are also all of the usual thefts and 'ordinary' crimes to deal with. With murders occurring on buses, any passenger unfortunat...

  • Meet the Baron

    Baron

    John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) makes his first appearance in this volume. Lord Fauntley cannot help showing off both his daughter and the security under which his precious jewels are kept. Mannering finds himself attracted to both .... Money ...

  • Gideon Combats Influence

    Borgman is a big man who has money and influential friends. Gideon knows he killed his wife, but can he prove it? How is he to break through the power wielded by this serious adversary and deal with all of the other problems that crop up? And will th...

  • A Backwards Jump

    A case of a wife who jumps backwards out of a window, a murder investigation, and another involving an ill-treated child have only one thing in common - they require the attention of Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard. He had thought the crimin...

  • Good and Justice

    A Cabinet Minister and others suffer food poisoning and foul play may be at work. A rapist killer escaped from prison. A baby lost at childbirth and the mother in danger " whilst her husband makes a very pointed threat to the Doctor involved. Were ...

  • Impartiality Against the Mob

    Gideon of Scotland Yard

    A secret fascist organisation intends to attack a dock-gate meeting of workers and Commander Gideon of Scotland Yard has the job of ensuring the police both maintain law and order and maintain impartiality, not provoking either side. At the same time...

  • The Kidnapped Child

    When Richard Rollison, alias the Toff, decides to investigate the disappearance of Eve Kane's husband he has no idea of what he is likely to uncover. Then, the daughter is kidnapped and a chilling message received with a lock of hair. Should Eve pay ...

  • The Riviera Connection

    Another gripping story featuring John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’). A burglar is robbing a dealer’s safe, but is interrupted. The burglar pulls out a gun and fires. Bullets tear into a man’s chest. Some jewels fall as the gun is used. A girl s...

  • Sport, Heat, & Scotland Yard

    There is a heat wave in London and the sporting calendar for the summer is full and exciting. However, there could be an attempt to 'fix' a major horserace; political demonstrations are likely at a cricket match; and obstacles are put in the way of a...

  • Terror for the Toff

    Toff

    A farm is for sale and the Toff is interested. But the owner then disappears and two excessively high offers are received. Murder is afoot and a deep mystery remains to be solved. The Toff is stretched to the limit in finding an answer to the several...

  • Thugs and Economies

    Commander George Gideon, Scotland Yard's finest detective, is faced with a battle over economies as well as fighting a serious crime wave. In London there are ruthless big-time thugs to be combatted; thieves to be caught; and petty crooks trying to p...

  • The Toff and the Toughs

    In this action-packed thriller the Toff becomes involved with a group of student hooligans and a gang of genuinely vicious juvenile delinquents, and manages to prevent an all-out war against society by drawing their violence into a personal feud betw...

  • Criminal Imports

    When the liner Queen Elizabeth docks it is not long before Gideon of Scotland Yard is chasing the criminals who came ashore. As usual, he has a variety of cases to solve - rape, kidnap, vice and the inevitable theft, robbery and fraud. This title giv...

  • The Flood

    The worst floods the world has ever known besiege all land masses. Some, such as Great Britain, are on the point of extinction. Dr. Palfrey has to find a solution, but before he does he needs to find the cause .... If he can, will a solution present ...

  • The Insulators

    Silence reigns; there is no noise that cannot be excluded. The daily roar from factories, aircraft, and explosions can all be insulated against. Humans can also be protected from the ravages of radioactive contamination. But there is a price; the los...

  • Murder, London-New York

    A beautiful girl is found dead with her face slashed and an old man suffers a similar fate. These similar crimes bring together Roger West, Scotland Yard’s finest detective, and Lieutenant Goodison of New York's Homicide Branch, in a race to find t...

  • An Uncivilised Election

    Scotland Yard's Commander George Gideon thought he had seen it all, and still remained convinced that London was civilized. However, he is forced to reconsider when the usually polite politics of the upcoming election turn into something ugly. Matter...

  • Vigilantes & Biscuits

    A city housing estate is out of hand, and out of bounds. There is no law; robbery, arson and even murder prevail. Some of the inhabitants, however, decide to form their own vigilante group. It is up to Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard to rest...

  • The Black Spiders

    In this classic spy thriller from an Edgar Award"winning author, a journalist goes undercover for British agency Department Z and discovers a conspiracy. When the sound of gunfire wakes Nigel Murray in the middle of the night, he discovers two gun-...

  • The Unbegotten

    The human race is experiencing a slow death as the population ages, but no babies are being born. Emissaries from outer space are the cause, but this is unknown, and they are attempting to prevent Dr. Palfrey discovering the truth. Once again, he is ...

  • An Apostle of Gloom

    Inspector Roger West had hoped for a day off " it was his wife’s birthday. Then a Chief Superintendent turns up at his home with a search warrant. He is accused of taking a bribe. Elaborately framed, he is now under investigation. Plunged into a ...

  • Go Away to Murder

    Inspector West embarks upon a rest cure, but finds no change as blackmail, kidnap, and multiple murder still dominate his life. There is also an adversary well known to him, but he dare not make an arrest .... for now! Full of action and danger, this...

  • No Relaxation at Scotland Yard

    Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard attended the Fiftieth Criminal Investigation Ball, along with his wife, Kate, and daughter, Penny. It was a formal and elegant occasion and a good time was had by all " but Gideon was aware of many undercurr...

  • The Toff and the Deadly Priest

    Toff

    The Reverend Ronald Kemp went to the East End of London with definite ideas of right and wrong, in keeping with a minister of the Church. However, the people of the East End had a few ideas of their own, and the Reverend quickly found his world torn ...

  • The Toff and the Terrifed Taxman

    Toff

    It is well known that Richard Rollison, alias The Toff, has a dislike of both form filling and paying taxes. However, a query about an assessment leads to much more than he was expecting. It all starts when a young lady is knocked down by a car outsi...

  • The Toff And The Terrified Taxman

    It is well known that Richard Rollison, alias The Toff, has a dislike of both form filling and paying taxes. However, a query about an assessment on this one occasion leads to much more than he was expecting. It all starts when a young lady is knocke...

  • The Fallen Angels

    Strange occurrences at a home for unmarried mothers leads to the women becoming frightened. Enter Richard Rollison, alias 'The Toff', who is persuaded to get to the bottom of it. He soon discovers that behind the scenes there is a plot that involves...

  • First Came a Murder

    The detectives of Britain’s Department Z look into a murder at an exclusive club.Sir Basil Riordon is mysterious, frightening, and immensely wealthy. But is he also a killer? As head of England’s elite secret service, Department Z, Gordon Craigie...

  • The Blood Diamond

    John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) had purchased the Adalgo diamond, primarily out of curiosity as it was known as the ‘Blood Diamond’ because violent death had overtaken so many of its previous owners. Mannering did not believe in such myths, ...

  • The Dissemblers

    James Mortimer Liddel is charged with the murder of Lancelot Hay. All, however, is not as it seems and a real conundrum develops for the famed Inspector West of Scotland Yard. There are visiting Americans; false accusations; a trial, and behind it al...

  • Darkness and Confusion

    Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard is seriously worried about cases of child molestation and murder. Meanwhile, London has been subject to sustained power cuts - what is behind them? Is it problems with the electrical supply, or even some form ...

  • Famine

    A plague of rabbits has hit the Far East, eating up everything in sight and actually threatening populations with starvation. They continue to spread throughout the globe and fear, disease and death lie in their wake. Despite all of man's technologic...

  • Not Hidden by the Fog

    The fog was thick, yellow, sulphurous and impenetrable and just like old times before clean air legislation. Beneath it the villains went about their work quietly and largely undisturbed. Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard was aware of this and...

  • Seven Days to Death

    Commander George Gideon is involved in a life and death struggle to prevent Ruby Benson’s killer husband from seeking revenge after she attempts to give him up to the cops. He’s brutal, sadistic, on the streets and dangerous! Just how long can a ...

  • To Nail a Serial Killer

    Nine suburban housewives are found murdered in their homes, and all have been raped. The evidence points to one Cedric Fadiman. Gideon is called upon to investigate and is depressed not only by the sickening nature of the crimes, but also the uninten...

  • The Depths

    Professor Corvell has stunned the scientific and political worlds with proposals relevant to man’s exploration of space. Dr. Palfrey and Z5 must protect him. But Corvall is also an expert on the control of water. He is then swept off of a ship by a...

  • The Mask of Sumi

    The fabulous Sumi crown jewels are up for sale-including the Mask of Sumi, a beautiful yet strangely repellent object. When the jewels are stolen, and taken on board ship by a woman, the Baron follows, only to find himself involved in a murder and in...

  • Dangerous Journey

    Bruce Murdoch, Secret Service Ace and his chief, Sir Robert Holt, become involved in a desperate race against time. Kurt von Romain is in Britain and must be kept here whilst support is won from European nations. His departure must be delayed for at ...

  • Murder in the Stars

    Each time clairvoyant Hilda Kennedy gazed into her crystal ball, she saw death and each time it proved to be true. Martin Fane didn't have to believe in the occult to know that something was terribly wrong. He needed to get at the truth, regardless o...

  • Poison for the Toff

    Richard Rollison, otherwise known as the Toff, has become lethargic. Even his passion for solving difficult criminal cases seems to have waned. Aunt Gloria arranges a birthday party so as to cheer him up, but it ends in disaster as one of his souveni...

  • Secret Errand

    Bruce Murdoch appears infatuated by Felice Damon, an actress, but is this real, or simply because British Intelligence is interested in her? Is she spying for 'The Ring', a group of arms manufacturers, and what of the new material that is likely to m...

  • Shadow of Doom

    The Nazis have stored radium somewhere in Europe. Dr. Palfrey must find it, but there is a big business syndicate also involved who aim to bring Europe to an economic standstill and ultimate starvation. They conceal themselves with curious black mask...

  • So Young, So Cold, So Fair

    The latest killing of a beautiful girl appears to tie in with others " they were all contestants in a beauty contest. But as Inspector West ponders the mystery and examines the scene of this killing in a park, a question arises; is the killer just ...

  • A Sword for the Baron

    John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’), once a master cracksman, but now a respectable London antique dealer, becomes entangled with the secrets of an ancient family, including an old murder; a pair of superb swords; and a neurotic young girl....

  • The Toff and the Runaway Bride

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) reluctantly agrees to attend a wedding. Is he the only one that notices something strange about the bride? Murder and blackmail follow with Rollison seeking a first wife, a discovery in the Thames,...

  • The Smog

    In an English Village and an American City life goes on as normal. It is summer and the sun shines down on people going about their business and enjoying themselves. Then a choking, yellowish smog begins to creep along the ground. A car crashes, with...

  • The Baron Goes East

    A gripping mystery in which John Mannering flies out to India to help an old friend. There is a Maharajah who seeks credit, a dealer in jewels whose main interest is drugs, and an attempted detention. The Baron and his friend both have enemies -- d...

  • The Baron Returns

    John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) pulled his scarf up so as to hide his face. A casual observer from a window above would probably not even notice him. The finest jewel thief in London was utilising all of his skills to nail a crooked Solicitor. M...

  • Battle for Inspector West

    Inspector Roger (‘Handsome’) West of Scotland Yard has to deal with a millionaire who is being blackmailed, a kidnapped bride who is threatened with the horrors of an international vice racket and an utterly evil gangster from whose clutches no o...

  • Cry for the Baron

    Each previous owner of ‘The Diamond of Tears’ had been tortured and met a murderous end. Jacob Bernstein was the fifth in line and was to become a victim, which resulted in John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) beginning an investigation which pro...

  • Hang the Little Man

    Masked raiders are attacking small shops all over London. Owners fear for their lives and the situation is getting out of hand as one store after another is robbed. There is clearly more than one gang operating, but who is controlling them and why is...

  • Inspector West Regrets

    Things are not going well for Roger West, one of Scotland Yard’s finest detectives. In just a few days he had received a bloody nose; been robbed of important papers; shot at; attacked with a knife; and been accused of dereliction of duty. Moreover...

  • Look Three Ways at Murder

    Once a murder is committed, the perpetrators have nothing to lose " they can murder again, although the chances of being caught rise, especially if Roger West, one of Scotland Yard’s finest detectives, is on their trail. But there are always thre...

  • A Mask for the Toff

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is called upon to solve the mystery of a young and terrified French girl who is found wandering in London’s East End. Is she pretending, or really frightened? Part of the answer is supplied by a ...

  • The Missing Old Masters

    When John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) set out to value on old lady's paintings, blackmail, arson and murder followed. A young girl almost paid with her life for keeping silent, houses were destroyed to prevent detection, and Mannering was in inst...

  • Murder, London - Australia

    There is a suicide at London Airport, an attempted murder in Kowloon, and pretty young Denise Morrison had previously been brutally strangled in Kensington. Scotland Yard, Interpol, and the Australian Police are all trying to find the link. Then ther...

  • Murder, London - Miami

    Roger (‘Handsome’) West of Scotland Yard investigates from Chelsea, London to Miami. Sir David Marshall, a diplomat concerned with Commonwealth relations, is seemingly involved in a jealous brawl over a woman, but West believes there is more to t...

  • Murder, London - South Africa

    After investigations in London into the mysterious case of a disappearing VIP, Chief Superintendent Roger 'Handsome' West of the Yard is sent to South Africa on the trail of an international diamond-smuggling ring. Diamonds may be a girl's best frien...

  • Salute the Toff

    Fay Gretton had worked for James Draycott in his estate management company for only a short time. Then, one day, Draycott didn’t turn up and enquiries lead Fay to the conclusion he had completely disappeared. She consulted The Honourable Richard Ro...

  • The Theft of Magna Carta

    An international gang, English and American, work out a ruthless scheme for stealing one of England’s priceless treasures; the Sarum Magna Carta. In its place in Salisbury Cathedral Library it is protected by the most sophisticated security measure...

  • The Toff on Fire

    The Honourable Richard Rollison, (aka ‘The Toff’) once more faces death, but this time by the most horrible of causes: fire. He is on the trail of the kidnapper of a young child and up against the most chilling of opponents. Threatened shooting, ...

  • Touch of Death

    During World War II, he created the character of Dr. Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey, a British secret service agent, who forms Z5, a secret underground group that owes its allegiance to the Allies. The first novel of the Dr. Palfrey 34-book series was ...

  • Alias the Baron

    John Mannering (aka The Baron') bought the Dellamont Emeralds. But he chose to ignore their history of misfortune. Then things began to happen - an attempted robbery of the famous jewels; and a quarrel with Lorna Fauntley. Seemingly separate incident...

  • Alibi

    As is often the case, Roger West of Scotland Yard is suffering from both overwork and family difficulties. Whilst normally in full control, upon this occasion he insults an important witness. This has the effect of nearly ruining his career, but then...

  • Attack and Defence

    John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) owns Quinns, a shop in London’s Mayfair, dealing in antique and precious stones. Used to solving seemingly impossible crimes, this time he is the victim. A young man seizes diamonds being shown to him, strikes ...

  • The Baron Again

    Retired gentleman cracksman, John Mannering, (aka ‘The Baron’), who runs Quinns Antiques in Mayfair, is faced with reverting to his old profession in an effort to save the life of a man accused of murder. The suspense is literally killing and eve...

  • Holiday for Inspector West

    The murder of a Member of Parliament puts an end to Inspector West’s holiday. His wife is naturally annoyed, but West nevertheless hastens back to Scotland Yard so as to take charge of the case. However, the murder turns out to be far more complica...

  • Hunt the Toff

    Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff) is ordinarily used to helping solve crimes and injustices perpetrated on others. Upon this occasion, however, he find himself in hiding and faced with a charge of murder he didn’t commit. Whilst on holiday, he had...

  • Murder on the Line

    Roger ‘Handsome’ West of Scotland Yard is pitted against a ruthless criminal network. They will stop at nothing in their pursuit of bribery, corruption, and theft. Their target now is the Railway system and amongst them is a cold-blooded killer w...

  • Murder: One, Two, Three

    There have been two gruesome murders in a quiet Sussex seaside town and Roger ‘Handsome’ West of Scotland Yard is called to investigate. Lefty, who kills without a thought for his victim, believes only one further frightened girl stands between ...

  • Nest-Egg for the Baron

    Five jewelled eggs in a golden nest sat in the strong room of Quinn’s on Bond Street. Outside, John Mannering - alias the Baron - guarded the treasure for his clients - an ugly old man and his stunningly beautiful niece. While Miranda Smith waited ...

  • A Note from the Accused?

    Jim Mellor appears to lead a double life. As he sits alone contemplating taking his own life, his fiancée Judith Lorne is distraught. His disappearance, following being accused of murder - something Judith refuses to believe " may have some explan...

  • A Part for a Policeman

    Roger Handsome' West of Scotland Yard is called upon to investigate a brutal attack that took place in a luxury penthouse, where there is a mirrored bedroom and a mysterious, concealed, safe. The trail leads to an abortion clinic and a major film stu...

  • Policeman's Dread

    Chief Superintendent Roger West of Scotland Yard has to deal with possible corruption in the Police Force. Who can he trust? Bribery is suspected as a number of cases are dismissed because of faulty police evidence, and a policeman is shot whilst ano...

  • Taking the Blame

    John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) runs Quinns, an upmarket emporium in London’s Mayfair. He is often called upon to solve difficult crimes, but this one is different. ‘The Baron’ is himself the victim as Quinns has suffered a night time burg...

  • The Toff Breaks in

    The Honourable Richard Rollison, (aka ‘The Toff’) is once again on the cricket field, indulging in one of his favourite pastimes, when he is called away. A girl has been kidnapped and her life is in danger. He has to find a way through hidden sec...

  • What to Do?

    John Mannering (aka The Baron') is an ex-cracksman, who is now straight', and also acts to solve crimes. His wife learns that Quinns, a curio shop in London's Mayfair is for sale, and urges him to buy it. His attempt to do so, however, is shrouded in...

  • Double for the Toff

    Within a few minutes of each other, two puzzling yet unconnected cases are presented to The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’), with requests for help. The beautiful Isabel Cole’s fiancée is accused of murder and she needs to save hi...

  • Follow the Toff

    In an unusual case, the Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) finds himself investigating a series of frauds in the art world of Paris, including the use of counterfeit currency. Not all is as it seems, however, and it is not long before t...

  • Hammer the Toff

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is travelling on a train when the carriage is hit by bullets, and so starts a new adventure with many twists and turns. Behind the mystery is a new substitute for nylon, Silva-Sheen, which Bruce Dr...

  • Model for the Toff

    Rose Mary Bell is missing. She is a top model who works for Hugo Zana, a renowned clothes designer and couturier, and in the opinion of the Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’): ‘beautiful’. Other models also appear to be inexplicably...

  • The Toff Among the Millions

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is visiting Easton Hall, a pleasant and quiet country house that has been converted to a hotel. It is said to be more suited to the retired looking for rest than excitement. However, on this occasi...

  • The Toff and the Great Illusion

    A man with a prison lisp was overheard during lunch in the Savoy Hotel in London. He stated that The Toff (The Honourable Richard Rollison) was amongst those he would like to murder. No description is passed to The Toff, but he wonders if it was Char...

  • The Toff and the Spider

    The Toff (the ‘Honourable Richard Rollison’) is faced with danger, but this time from a very unusual source. To prevent him from solving the connection between a body found in the park and a beautiful young girl who appears to be the target for a...

  • The Toff at Camp

    The Toff (the ‘Honourable Richard Rollison’) is in disguise as a helper at a holiday camp. He has been hired to pose undercover in order to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three male entertainers, or ‘Red Coats’ as they are known ...

  • Redhead

    An American gangster brings his bloody business to 1930s Britain in this suspenseful thriller from an Edgar Award"winning author.Amateur boxer Martin Storm’s visit to New York seemed like it was a success. That is, until his car was machine-gunne...

  • A Rocket for the Toff

    Kate Lowson was waiting at the airport for the arrival of her fiancé, when suddenly the Alsatian sprang at her. As she lay on the ground, the figures that has been present earlier sidled off into obscurity. And an atmosphere of innocence descended y...

  • The Terror Trap

    The greed of one man leads to the death of others in this action-packed mystery featuring British intelligence’s secret detective squad.When two impossibly rich oil tycoons are found murdered in their own homes, a matter of life and death becomes o...

  • Thunder in Europe

    An international criminal spells trouble for the agents of Britain’s Department Z, in this suspenseful mystery from an Edgar Award"winning author.Marius Krotz is notorious for his ability to cause a stir. A former revolutionary turned right-hand-...

  • The Hounds of Vengeance

    Z5 is given the task of finding and capturing a Nazi fugitive. It’s chief agent, Dr. Palfrey, manages to learn more than anyone expected when he discovers that far from being alone, the man is only one of a growing and powerful band who, resenting ...

  • The Inferno

    Fires have broken out. At first they appear to be natural disasters, but they are spreading globally and into cities. Now, an ultimatum from Faustus has been issued. Governments everywhere are prepared to meet the problem by betraying Z5 and everythi...

  • Palfrey Versus The League of Light

    Extract from 'News Chronicle', October 19 ....: 'RADIOACTIVE CITY' OF LIGHT DARWIN, Wednesday. A Darwin explorer and photographer, Mr. Keith Young, believes he has found radioactivity in a mysterious 'forbidden city' in Arnhem Land, inside the aborig...

  • The Sons of Satan

    Mallen passes through Customs after a transatlantic crossing, but then a mysterious box that he has smuggled ashore becomes the subject of violent attempts to seize it. Behind these is to be found Abba, an arch-evil buccaneer who will stop at nothing...

  • The Toff and the Sleepy Cowboy

    Cowboy Thomas E. Loman arrived in London, but was not as he should be. He had been drugged on both stages of his flight from Arizona to London, via New York. Now in the Airport hospital, all he knows is that The Honourable Richard Rollison (alias ‘...

  • The Toff and the Trip-Trip-Triplets

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) receives a telephone call from a seemingly charming and very enticing girl late at night, and as a result sets off to rescue her. He takes her back to his apartment where, to his great surprise he ...

  • The Toff Down Under

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) finds himself involved in a search for a lost relative " there is a large inheritance at stake. However, the aunt of the beautiful heiress is found murdered and the search for who might be prepar...

  • The Toff in Wax

    At the famous waxworks museum in London - Madame Tussard’s " was a model of the Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’), albeit in the Chamber of Horrors. The blonde artist, Daffodil, was not taken seriously by the Toff, who saw her as a...

  • The Toff Proceeds

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is in a good mood. He is looking forward to a delightful weekend pursuing one of his favourite pastimes: playing cricket in the English countryside. Unfortunately, there is a plot afoot to remove t...

  • The Toff Steps Out

    Paul Laking is dead and the police suspect suicide. Yet Sir John Laking, a highly respected local landowner and magistrate, is missing along with his daughter, and the telephone wires have been cut. And what is this to do with the ‘Mensak Incident...

  • The Toff Takes Shares

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) had been playing rugby at Taunton. About to head off back to London he discovered a woman in the back seat of his car. She had apparently sought him out and was determined to meet him. A curious st...

  • The Voiceless Ones

    Dr. Palfrey is faced with one of the most difficult problems and a more powerful adversary than he has previously met. A mysterious disease strikes down some of the world’s most powerful figures; then their daughters also become victims. Palfrey an...

  • Vote for the Toff

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) usually steers clear of politics, disliking the idea of party discipline and the necessity to conform. However, when a Member of Parliament is murdered just before an election, the Toff is urged to...

  • First Came a Murder, Death Round the Corner, and The Mark of the Crescent

    In one volume: three classic Department Z detective novels by the Edgar Award"winning writer who sold eighty million novels worldwide.   Department Z is the super-secret team of investigators that works within British intelligence -- now, this...

  • Days of Danger

    Three men meet on the outskirts of London to hatch a plan to steal the wealth of a nation in this thriller by an Edgar Award"winning author.They are three ordinary-seeming men -- one fat, one tall, one thin. But their goal is anything but ordinary,...

  • Menace

    A tale of murder and international intrigue from the multimillion-selling, award-winning author.Looking forward to a relaxing afternoon away from the trials of Department Z, Bob Kerr eagerly awaits the arrival of fellow agent Lois Dacre. He is tempor...

  • Adrian and Jonathan

    Prolific storyteller John Creasey forged (yet another) pen-name for this work -- Richard Martin -- linking the names of two of his sons. A departure of sorts from the thrillers for which he was already famous, this book tells the story of a friends...

  • The Baron and the Arrogant Artist

    Mannering quite admired the arrogance of the self-opinionated young artist who asked him for patronage for a subsidy to keep him painting. It was also clear that the young painter wasn't actually asking for a favour, he was conferring one! With so mu...

  • The Baron and the Beggar

    As the owner of Quinn's -- an exclusive Mayfair antiques shop -- John Mannering had purchased the Adalgo mainly out of curiosity. It had come to be known as a "blood diamond" as violent death had overcome many of its previous owners. Mannering -- ali...

  • The Baron and the Chinese Puzzle

    John Mannering -- alias the Baron -- had always been fascinated by art. Though once a jewel thief, he was now a respectable Mayfair antiques dealer. So when a well-known Chinese dealer invites him to a unique exhibition of art treasures in Hong Kong,...

  • The Baron at Bay

    Once the inheritance of a noble family, the five beautiful jewels of Castille were stolen, separated and their identity lost. Few men could recognize them for what they were, but John Mannering ' alias the Baron ' was such a man. In pursuit of jewels...

  • Blame the Baron

    It seemed like an ordinary theft by night, at first. So why then should John Mannering, aka the Baron, take an interest? The reason -- the scene of the crime, Quinns, was owned by Mannering and known across the globe for its rare, old and beautiful t...

  • Books for the Baron

    When the Earl of Lithom, a highly skilled rider, is thrown by his horse and dies of a broken neck, some question whether it is an accident or a murder. What’s more, Gloria, his stunning daughter and heiress, claims to have seen a bloody corpse in t...

  • Career for the Baron

    John Mannering is adapting well to his new, respectable life. However, when he tries to buy an antique shop he is forced to revive the skills of his former occupation as the Baron -- master cracksman and jewel thief. Before the deal is sealed, Manner...

  • Carriers of Death

    Gordon Craigie faces a powerful madman with a devastating scheme for global murder. ...

  • Cunning as a Fox

    Catherine O’Neill thought it was all her fault -- the accidental death of her baby daughter and the constraint it produced between herself and her husband, a constraint exacerbated by his inability to agree with her about a worryingly sadistic stre...

  • Department of Death

    Department Z is an ultra-secret British Intelligence Agency made up of civilian, single men, risking their lives to protect their country. All tasks are hush-hush and ulterior tactics are used, anything to stop the enemy. A summit of the world’s mo...

  • Gideon's Fear

    When Ruby Benson sets up her murderous husband, Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard can tell it’s going to be a long week. It is down to him to protect the woman from her killer spouse’s bloodthirsty vendetta -- or die trying. ...

  • Gideon's Force

    Built with such hope, the Wellesley Estate has descended into a place of meaningless violence that the police cannot control. Fear of rape, muggings, arson, and even murder has led some of its residents to form their own vigilante group. Elsewher...

  • Inspector West Leaves Town

    Inspector West embarks upon a rest cure, but finds no change as blackmail, kidnap, and multiple murder still dominate his life. There is also an adversary well known to him, but he dare not make an arrest .... for now! Full of action and danger, this...

  • The Oasis

    The drug called Dio was truly a thing of wonder -- it could make the old young and the weak strong. However, it also had the power to put users at the mercy of its creator -- a mad man intent on using the dreams of the less mighty to make himself str...

  • A Rope for the Baron

    John Mannering was making his way to Hallen House, a lonely old country mansion, to purchase the famous Lake Emeralds from a man who called himself Silas Bellamy. But on his way across the moors, he meets two mysterious strangers who warn him that he...

  • Run Away to Murder

    Here's mystery in the grand conspiratorial style of old pro Jeremy York (alias John Creasey), starring the unforgettable -and frequently unethical -- Superintendent Folly of Scotland Yard. Creasey is at the top of his form in this stylish thriller de...

  • Seven Times Seven

    Even one of the world's most prolific authors (over 600 titles) had to persevere to get published and so with this first published work begin an extraordinary career and global cannon of work. After eleven years of trying, hundreds of short stories a...

  • Three for Adventure

    This was the first outing for John Creasey's Michael Halliday pseudonym, following clarion calls from the publishers after the success of the Baron series, and who asked for 'a different kind of story.' So he created THREE FOR ADVENTURE, a tale of pe...

  • The Toff and the Ted

    In this tense thriller the Toff manages to jive a girl off the dancefloor, rescues a damsel in distress, wards off attacks from knife-throwers and infuriates the leaders of the Mob by leaving his rather special visiting card. The Toff is a private ey...

  • The Toff on Ice

    "Must there be a crowd?" asked Rollison glumly. "On this occasion I think it would he wise, sir," said Jolly, his man. "If you remember, there was a time when your birthday was always celebrated by a family gathering of some distinction. After all, i...

  • The Toff on the Farm

    A farm is for sale and the Toff is interested. But the owner then disappears and two excessively high offers are received. Murder is afoot and a deep mystery remains to be solved. The Toff is stretched to the limit in finding an answer to the several...

  • Triumph for Inspector West

    Chief Inspector Roger West has been watching and waiting for over two years -- he is determined to catch Paul Raeburn out. The millionaire racketeer may have made a mistake, following the killing of a small time crook. Can the ace detective triumph o...

  • Two Gun Texan

    When Johnny Hanson -- Sleepy Johnny to some -- hit the dust trail to Cut-Y outfit and met Haywire Heep, Cut-Y and its neighboring ranges seemed peaceful enough. But Johnny soon came to learn of the antagonism felt by some of the punchers towards the ...

  • The Baron at Large

    It was to be an historic occasion. The Kallinov collection, jewels worth a quarter of a million pounds, were to be collected under one roof, and John Mannering -- alias the Baron -- had been invited to bring along his own Gloria diamonds. What his ho...

  • The Baron Comes Back

    Although John Mannering -- alias the Baron -- had been enjoying his retirement from his ‘Baronial’ activities as a jewel thief, he was nonetheless tempted by the offer of the strange little Frenchman who visited him late one night. So tempted, in...

  • The Baron Goes Fast

    There was a lot at stake for the Baron in this new case; far more than the mere recovery of the Wannaker jewels. He was also working for the safety of Helen Chadwick, seeking to uncover the truth about Robbie Chadwick, and on the hunt for ‘Dizzy’...

  • A Case for Inspector West

    Ruthless. He was as cold-blooded a killer as Roger West had ever encountered - and his modus operandi had the simplicity of absolute genius. Find a man with an expensive car, ask him if he's wealthy, then kill him. Take his keys and car, and go rob h...

  • A Case for the Baron

    Superintendent Bristow of New Scotland Yard needs help in tracking down several stolen precious stones. He is reluctant to ask but desperately needs the help of John Mannering aka The Baron, once mastermind jewel thief. Mannering suspects a crafty tr...

  • The Crime Haters

    High-speed travel across Europe was not just a revolution for holiday makers and businessmen, it was also a godsend for criminals who wanted to flee the country of their misdeeds. To help in the fight, Patrick Dawlish is appointed to the post of Depu...

  • Death by Night

    A serial killer stalks the agents of Department Z in a rip-roaring thriller from the Edgar Award"winning author who sold eighty million books worldwide.London, 1941. In the unending darkness of the London Blackout, an assassin slinks through the ni...

  • Death Round the Corner

    A terrifying international plot threatens the agents of Britain’s Department Z in this tale of suspense from an Edgar Award"winning author.Leopold Gorman studies the World Economic Conference with interest -- and then picks five rich and powerful...

  • Frame the Baron

    The Midi diamonds were not insured. So when they are stolen, it is bad news for their owner - until she manages to enlist the help of John Mannering in their recovery. Mannering - better known as the Baron - has a higher success rate that the police ...

  • A Gun for Inspector West

    The Yard is gripped by tension. Policemen have been attacked, and it's becoming clear that it is all part of a sinister and organized plan. It's time for Inspector West to take charge and discover the source of this relentless, avenging hatred. Who p...

  • Inspector West at Bay

    An Inspector West mystery. Janet West finds an envelope containing the message "This is only the beginning!" under her front door. And her husband, Inspector Roger West of Scotland Yard, is in the hospital, the victim of an unknown acid thrower. ...

  • Inspector West Kicks Off

    Guy Randall wasn't expecting a sudden and violent death - but that is was he got. As Inspector Roger West follows the threads to find the murderers, he is repeatedly led back to some thefts from a chain-store. What's more, nearly all involved belong ...

  • Panic!

    The adventure that brought two intrepid cousins into the service of the department of British intelligence known as Z . . .Desperate to escape the suffocating heat of London, cousins Mark and Mike Errol set out for Richmond for a relaxing b...

  • Puzzle for Inspector West

    As Chief Inspector West put the cuffs on James Liddell, a feeling of doubt lingered - had this man really committed murder? What seemed to most like a cut and dried case is further complicated when Francesca, Liddell's beautiful daughter, flies into ...

  • Send for Inspector West

    American diplomat and scientist, David Shawn, knew that dealing with nuclear explosions was a dangerous business. But he had no idea that he and his family were under threat closer to home. A high profile kidnapping with international complications t...

  • Death Miser

    The first in the series featuring British intelligence’s elite detectives by the Edgar Award"winning author.Millions of lives are at stake if a sinister international conspiracy succeeds. It’s up to England’s elite detective agency, Departmen...

  • The Day of Disaster

    A mysterious message signals an international threat in this World War II thriller by an Edgar Award"winning author.A French refugee is washed up on the English coast. Feverish, delirious, he babbles incoherently to the men who find him. A single p...

  • Go Away Death

    International blackmailers are scheming to rupture relations between Britain and the United States -- but Bill Loftus of Department Z is hot on their trail . . .With America’s most powerful industrialists, British peers of the realm, and ...

  • Prepare for Action

    A World War II thriller by a multimillion-selling, Edgar Award"winning author.As plans for D-Day loom large, the agents of Department Z -- a secret detective unit within British intelligence -- are working overtime to halt the leaking of intelligen...

  • Sabotage

    A thrilling mystery set against the backdrop of the Blitz in WWII England, by an Edgar Award"winning author.England, 1941. Terror from the Germans’ constant bombing is spreading through the nation, as homes, cities, and morale are reduced to litt...

  • No Darker Crime

    From an Edgar Award"winning author: A suspenseful tale of murder and espionage in wartime England.David Garth has been off in America, giving speeches on behalf of Britain’s Ministry of Propaganda. Upon his return, he’s surprised to receive an ...

  • Dark Peril

    In this classic thriller from an Edgar Award"winning author, a British spy agency is on the hunt for terrorists taking aim at England’s political leaders.In a vicious act of terrorism, four British government officials are blinded. With the prime...

  • Dead or Alive

    It’s a race against time to rescue a kidnapped scientist in this suspenseful tale by an Edgar Award"winning author.The world is under threat of destruction. As the politicians hedge their bets with atomic weapons, it seems no one is safe.The only...

  • Death Stands By

    It all started with the murder of a foreign ambassador in a deserted country mansion . . .   Tensions are running high in Europe -- and it’s crucial that the killers responsible for this baffling murder are stopped before they bring ...

  • A Kind of Prisoner

    In this classic spy thriller from an Edgar Award"winning author, a British secret service agency is nearly undone by a counter-espionage attack.Superspies are out to destroy Department Z. Even worse, the elite British agency has been infiltrated by...

  • Murder Must Wait

    Another in the classic series filled with mystery, murder, and British espionage from the Edgar Award"winning author.Some parts of the secret service are more secret than others, and Department Z is among them. Now, its founder, Gordon Craigie; top...

  • The Enemy Within

    Department Z faces its biggest test when the organization is threatened by an enemy on the inside -- from the author who sold eighty million books worldwide.Charles Corliss, son of a murdered agent from Department Z, seems like the perfect recruit fo...

  • The Island of Peril

    Department Z must stop the Nazis from deploying a deadly chemical weapon during World War II -- from the author who sold eighty million books worldwide.   On a top-secret island, the Germans are perfecting a paralyzing gas -- one that could disable ...

  • The League of Dark Men

    The thrilling Department Z series continues as an assassination attempt leads to political turmoil -- from the author who sold eighty million books worldwide.Agent Gordon Craigie faces a crisis of international proportions when an attempted assassina...

  • The Peril Ahead

    Department Z tracks down a doomsday weapon in an edge-of-your-seat spy thriller from the Edgar Award"winning author who sold eighty million books worldwide.Professor Toller has created a weapon that could change the world as we know it. The threat ...

  • Gideon and the Young Toughs and Other Stories

    One of Creasey most beloved series included Chief Inspector George Gideon of Scotland Yard, written under the J.J. Marric pen name. The Gideon series was also the most lauded. Anthony Boucher called Gideon's Day, Creasey's best work. HFR Keating incl...

  • Dark Mystery

    The contents of a locker lead an amateur sleuth into danger in this classic British mystery by the author of the Department Z series.He may be a fruit farmer from Surrey, but Patrick Dawlish also knows a thing or two about fighting crime. Although he...

  • Death in a Hurry

    An amateur sleuth investigates a case of books worth killing for in this classic English crime novel by the author of the Department Z series.English fruit farmer Patrick Dawlish and his wife, Felicity, are no strangers to the danger that comes with ...

  • Death in the Trees

    A British secret agent must find a killer to clear his name in this classic crime novel by the author of the Department Z series.Patrick Dawlish is many things: a fruit farmer, a boxer, a war hero, a British Secret Service agent, and, of course, a hu...

  • Kill or Be Killed

    Murder on a fruit farmer’s property forces him to hunt for a killer in this classic English crime novel by the author of the Department Z series. With his apple harvest finally complete, Patrick Dawlish is resting at his Surrey country house a...

  • Murder Too Late

    A string of jewel heists cause chaos in the English countryside for an amateur sleuth in this classic murder mystery by the author of the Department Z series.Major Patrick Dawlish and his wife, Felicity, have traded London for a large country house i...

  • A Promise of Diamonds

    A Scotland Yard detective investigates a South African diamond heist and the murders in its wake in this classic crime novel.In sweltering Kangarmie, South Africa, Della Forrest’s husband promised to return in two months with diamonds. That was two...

  • Rogues Rampant

    An amateur sleuth hunts for dirt on a murder and three missing maids in this classic English mystery by the author of the Department Z series.When not working at MI5, Patrick Dawlish frequently collaborates with the police to catch murderous criminal...

  • Come Home to Death

    Patrick Dawlish is used to solving crimes, not being suspected of them -- until now, in this Golden Age British mystery from the Edgar Award"winning author.Patrick Dawlish has to admire Marion Ard’s persistence. After first writing and telephonin...

  • Death on Demand

    Patrick Dawlish was amused when he found he was being followed by a man in a black hat. He wasn't so amused when his best friend was beaten to a pulp, or when his girlfriend was threatened. Dawlish decided it was time to move into action....

  • Death in Flames

    A thrilling World War II"era mystery featuring famous British detective Patrick Dawlish from the Edgar Award"winning author of Death in High Places.   Captain Patrick Dawlish, an intelligence officer in His Majesty’s Army, may not official...

  • Death on the Move

    A string of murders tangles up British detective Patrick Dawlish in an intricate web of deception in this riveting World War II"era mystery.Notified by his wife, Felicity, of the killing of an Auxiliary Territorial Service girl, intelligence office...

  • Don't Let Him Kill

    A convict has a vendetta against Patrick Dawlish -- and he’s just been set free, in this gripping British Golden Age mystery from the Edgar Award"winning author.   Detective Patrick Dawlish has made a lot of enemies putting men behind bars, ...

  • Engagement with Death

    A scandalous romance takes a violent turn in this classic British mystery featuring detective Patrick Dawlish from the Edgar Award"winning author.With his wife, Felicity, on a shopping spree in Paris, intelligence officer Patrick Dawlish finds hims...

  • Invitation to Adventure

    British detective Patrick Dawlish discovers how cutthroat the real estate business can get in a classic mystery from the Edgar Award"winning author.Intelligence officer Patrick Dawlish should know better than to think looking for a country house wi...

  • A Puzzle in Pearls

    A stolen necklace has British detective Patrick Dawlish running in circles to find the culprit in this classic Golden Age mystery.   A famous jewel thief has struck again, stealing a fortune of gems from Lord Hillmorton and kidnapping his daught...

  • Two Men Missing

    British detective Patrick Dawlish must find two men who can turn the tide of World War II in this breathtaking mystery from the author of Death in Flames.   After solving several sensational cases -- and building a stellar reputation -- it’s b...

  • The Long Search

    Patrick Dawlish’s wife went to visit friends in America -- and disappeared. Dawlish went to find her; and found instead that a man she had met had been murdered. There was a possibility that she too was dead. He began the long search that was to ta...

  • 2 For Inspection West

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    Anthony Reeson's beautiful clifftop cottage was a strange setting for two brutal killings, But as Inspector West was soon to discover, nothing about the case was going to be straight-foward. Reeson's neighbor, Michael Mallow, had already taken off, d...

  • Accuse The Toff

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    Colonel The Hon Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is fighting for King and Country in the depths of the Second World War. But then a car hits a Commando as he walks down the street, and seven are left wounded or dying, with all evidence pointing ...

  • Find Inspector West

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    To Roger West, the brutal death of an attractive girl with a bad reputation in a scruffy back room meant more than murder. He had to move fast, not just to find the killer, but to clear his name with a boss who didn’t like his methods. So when he f...

  • Gideon's Fire

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    Gideon of Scotland Yard - 7

    Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard has to deal successively with news of a mass murderer, a depraved maniac, and the deaths of a family in an arson attack on an old building south of the river. This leaves little time for the crisis developing ...

  • Gideon's Staff

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    Gideon of Scotland Yard

    Inspector Gideon of Scotland Yard has had enough. Enough, such that Gideon (or GG) lays his career on the line in opposition to budget cuts. Criminals are escaping through the thin blue line. And the Home Secretary is none too pleased at him for t...

  • Plague of Silence

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    Dr. Palfrey becomes involved in a threatened world domination by an organisation that uses the forces of nature to obtain its will. The first signs are a woman found on the bathroom floor choking and convulsing. The Doctor attending her and his partn...

  • Stars for the Toff

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    Toff

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) finds that his aunt has invested a large sum of money in a fortune-teller named ‘Madame Melinska’. It is clearly a racket, and whilst his aunt could sustain the monetary loss, ‘The Toff’ be...

  • Three Days' Terror

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    A stupid young man who is heir to a vast fortune is often more trouble than he is worth, particularly when he is a gambler and a lecher. And Arthur Pagham is soon dead -- a bullet in his heart. But he is not the only victim, for that ruthless blackma...

  • The Toff and the Deep Blue Sea

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    Toff

    The Honourable Richard Rawlinson (aka ‘The Toff’) is in Nice. He is in the Riviera for seemingly the most innocent of reasons " engaging girls for M. Rambeau’s new Cabaret at the Baccarat. An attempt on his life, however, brings to the fore ...

  • The Toff and the Lady

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    Toff

    The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) received what he thought to be a letter, addressed simply to ‘The Toff, London W1.’ Remarkable in itself in reaching him, inside the envelope there was nothing more than a photograph of a beaut...

  • The Toff and the Stolen Tresses

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    Toff

    THE SITUATION WAS MURDEROUS -- AND GETTING WORSE BY THE MINUTE A series of ravaged homes, vanishing possessions and lovely long hair that was being brutally shorn…These were among the clues when the Toff (proper name: Richard Rollston) began to ...

  • The Toff Goes to Market

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    Toff

    It’s a time of shortage and rationing. The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is in the army, but gets permission to visit his aunt, Lady Matilda Wirrington, who is supposedly on her death bed. Had she died, things would have been dif...

  • The Chief Witness

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    'Show me a man or woman who cannot stand mysteries and I will show you a fool. A clever fool -- perhaps -- but a fool just the same' RAYMOND CHANDLER Ever since its creation in 1953, the Crime Writers' Association has celebrated and champione...

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John Creasey has published 252 books.

The next book by John Creasey, The Long Search, will be published in January 2025.

The first book by John Creasey, The Secret Aeroplane Mystery, was published in January 1939.

Yes. John Creasey has 5 series.
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