Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755146239
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Cowboy Thomas E. Loman had been drugged on his flight from Arizona to London. Now in hospital, all he knows is that ‘The Toff’ requested he travel to England to ‘become rich’. However, ‘The Toff’ had not invited him and must investigate who is impersonating him, why, and what their motive is. A ruthless gang will stop at nothing is behind it all.
The Toff and the Sleepy Cowboy
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755146239
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Cowboy Thomas E. Loman had been drugged on his flight from Arizona to London. Now in hospital, all he knows is that ‘The Toff’ requested he travel to England to ‘become rich’. However, ‘The Toff’ had not invited him and must investigate who is impersonating him, why, and what their motive is. A ruthless gang will stop at nothing is behind it all.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755146239
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Cowboy Thomas E. Loman had been drugged on his flight from Arizona to London. Now in hospital, all he knows is that ‘The Toff’ requested he travel to England to ‘become rich’. However, ‘The Toff’ had not invited him and must investigate who is impersonating him, why, and what their motive is. A ruthless gang will stop at nothing is behind it all.
Literary Afterlife
Author: Bernard A. Drew
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078645721X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 078645721X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 421
Book Description
This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.
Famine
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
A plague of rabbits has hit the Far East, eating up everything in sight and threatening populations with starvation. They continue to spread throughout the globe and fear, disease and death lie in their wake. Step forward Dr. Palfrey, a man of genius and determination, but even he is a long way from a solution. Can he do it?
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134214
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 161
Book Description
A plague of rabbits has hit the Far East, eating up everything in sight and threatening populations with starvation. They continue to spread throughout the globe and fear, disease and death lie in their wake. Step forward Dr. Palfrey, a man of genius and determination, but even he is a long way from a solution. Can he do it?
Gideon Combats Influence
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
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 the press and the court spare him?
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755134230
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
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 the press and the court spare him?
Vigilantes & Biscuits
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755126246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A city housing estate is out of hand, and out of bounds. There is no law. Some of the inhabitants decide to form their own vigilante group. It is up to Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard to restore the rule of law, but he also has to deal with the vicious killing of two brothers and the kidnapping of a leading biscuit manufacturer’s wife.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755126246
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
A city housing estate is out of hand, and out of bounds. There is no law. Some of the inhabitants decide to form their own vigilante group. It is up to Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard to restore the rule of law, but he also has to deal with the vicious killing of two brothers and the kidnapping of a leading biscuit manufacturer’s wife.
Gideon's Fire
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755126327
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
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 at home.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755126327
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
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 at home.
Introducing the Toff
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755117719
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
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 thoroughness , murder and suspense form the backdrop to a fast moving and exciting adventure.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755117719
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 187
Book Description
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 thoroughness , murder and suspense form the backdrop to a fast moving and exciting adventure.
The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery
Author: B. Murphy
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230107354
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 0230107354
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.
The Toff in New York
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755117603
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Will Hall had been kidnapped and the Honourable Richard Rollison, known by the apt if absurd soubriquet of The 'Toff' is soon on the scene, but not before a murdered man falls into Valerie Hall's arms. Action and a rich private eye and the NYPD all on the case, with the Toff tracking Dutch Himmy, surely the worst man in New York . . . .
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755117603
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
Will Hall had been kidnapped and the Honourable Richard Rollison, known by the apt if absurd soubriquet of The 'Toff' is soon on the scene, but not before a murdered man falls into Valerie Hall's arms. Action and a rich private eye and the NYPD all on the case, with the Toff tracking Dutch Himmy, surely the worst man in New York . . . .
A Salute
Author: John Creasey
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755137930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
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.
Publisher: House of Stratus
ISBN: 0755137930
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
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.