Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755145577
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
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Two puzzling seemingly unconnected cases are presented to ‘The Toff’, with requests for help. Isabel Cole’s fiancée is accused of murder and Cedric Dwight is being pursued by a gang of hoodlums. Both are urgent and complex cases and it seems that he will have to choose between them. There is absolutely no connection between the cases and yet ....
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755137213
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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James Mortimer Liddel is charged with the murder of Lancelot Hay. All, however, is not as it seems and a conundrum develops for the famed Inspector West of Scotland Yard. There are visiting Americans; false accusations; a trial, and behind it all a spy ring. Only West and his uncanny instinct for the truth will get to the bottom of this puzzle.
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134389
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
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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 screams. Another complex and dangerous adventure begins, which sees Mannering at his best and in France.
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755137930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
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A young employee of a Gallery is suspected of stealing jewellery. The crimes she is accused of then grows to include arson, and even murder. John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) comes to her aid and believes she is being framed, but the evidence grows and as Mannering draws closer to the truth, those he suspects start to die - the intrigue deepens.
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755137507
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Guy Randall suffered a sudden and violent death. Roger West of Scotland Yard is tasked with solving the case, but is perplexed. All leads go back to a series of thefts from a chain of shops and nearly everyone involved seems to belong to the same Football Club. It is a very unusual and complex case which has an equally surprising conclusion.
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755138058
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 216
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A bullion robbery has been pulled off by a totally ruthless and terrifying gang. Murder along the way is if no consequence to them. Now, they must protect their haul as they become increasingly desperate. Roger West of Scotland Yard, its finest and most methodical detective, has a splinter of glass as the only clue.
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755137469
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 211
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John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’), retired jewel thief and shop owner in London’s Mayfair, sets off to find a missing girl and subsequently becomes involved in a convoluted plot involving blackmail, theft and murder. There is also danger lurking for Mannering as he nears what he assumes to be the finish, but is it?
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755137124
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 217
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Roger ‘Handsome’ West of Scotland Yard is called to help solve a double murder in a printing works. The victims were lovers and suspicion falls on the woman’s husband. Then the works is sabotaged and there is a further murder. The local police are not impressed by West’s methods, and he realises there is more to this case than he thought.
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755137841
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 239
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Roger West of Scotland Yard has to deal with possible corruption in the Police Force. Bribery is suspected as cases are dismissed because of faulty evidence, and a policeman is shot whilst another stands accused of violence against a suspect. Reputations are at stake as West moves further and deeper into the underworld of London’s criminal gangs.
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755125703
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 109
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The National Gallery has high security, but a painting is nevertheless stolen. Gideon of Scotland Yard knows of only a few thieves who could pull this off. However, one turns up dead and an art dealer's daughter is kidnapped and a counterfeiting ring moves into town. Clearly, Gideon is facing something both major and mysterious . . .
