[
Creasey fought by-elections as an independent in support of this idea around 1967 at Nuneaton, ]Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill is a town and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley, West Midlands, England, 2.5 miles south of Dudley and 2 miles north of Stourbridge. Part of the Black Country and in a heavily industrialised area, it has a pop ...
and Manchester Gorton. He also fought Oldham West during the by-election
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
of June 1968. He did well for an independent with the first-past-the-post system, having limited resources and often little time to campaign.
In Oldham West he beat his old party's candidate into fourth place. He could not seem to shed his affection for the Liberal party however, congratulating Birmingham Ladywood
Birmingham Ladywood is a constituency of part of the city of Birmingham, represented in the House of Commons since 2010 by Shabana Mahmood of the Labour Party.
Members of Parliament
Clare Short, elected as a Labour MP from the 1983 gener ...
by-election victor Wallace Lawler
Wallace Leslie Lawler (15 March 191228 September 1972) was a British Liberal politician. He was elected a Member of Parliament (MP) by gaining Birmingham, Ladywood from Labour at a by-election on 26 June 1969. However, Lawler only served for ...
in July 1969 and attending the 1969 party assembly albeit to promote All Party Alliance aims.
In 1972 he relaunched the All Party Alliance as Evolution to Democracy (Evo). Evo merged with Colin Campion's "The Organisation", a Yorkshire-based party which advocated coalition governments based on the proportion of votes cast for each party, to form the "Independent Democratic Alliance", which soon faded after Creasey's death, and its poor performance in the February 1974 general election.F. W. S. Craig
Frederick Walter Scott Craig (10 December 1929 – 23 March 1989) was a Scottish psephologist and compiler of the standard reference books covering United Kingdom Parliamentary election results. He originally worked in public relations, compilin ...
, ''Minor Parties at British Parliamentary Elections''
John Creasey features in the Look At Life film ''I Protest!'' where he is seen collecting signatures for a petition to lobby the government to take action against the number of deaths due to road accidents.
Honours
He was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations,
and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(MBE) for services in the United Kingdom's National Savings Movement during World War II
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.
Bibliography
The Commander George Gideon series (published under the pseudonym "J. J. Marric," 1955–1976)
* '' Gideon's Day'' (1955)
a.p.a. ''Gideon of Scotland Yard''
* ''Gideon's Week'' (1956)
a.p.a. ''7 Days to Death''
* ''Gideon's Night'' (1957)
* ''Gideon's Month'' (1958)
* ''Gideon's Staff'' (1959)
* ''Gideon's Risk'' (1960)
* ''Gideon's Fire'' (1961)
* ''Gideon's March'' (1962)
* ''Gideon's Ride'' (1963)
* ''Gideon's Vote'' (1964)
* ''Gideon's Lot'' (1965)
* ''Gideon's Badge'' (1966)
* '' Gideon's Wrath'' (1967)
* ''Gideon's River'' (1968)
* ''Gideon's Power'' (1969)
* ''Gideon's Sport'' (1970)
* ''Gideon's Art'' (1971)
* ''Gideon's Men'' (1972)
* ''Gideon's Press'' (1973)
* ''Gideon's Fog'' (1975)
* ''Gideon's Drive'' (1976)
The series was continued after Creasey's death by William Vivian Butler ("as J.J. Marric"):
* ''Gideon's Force'' (1978)
* ''Gideon's Law'' (1981)
* ''Gideon's Way'' (1983)
* ''Gideon's Raid'' (1986)
* ''Gideon's Fear'' (1990)
Dr. Palfrey (Z5) series, writing as John Creasey (1942–1979)
* ''Traitor's Doom'' (November 1942)
* ''The Valley of Fear'' (May 1943)
a.p.a. ''The Perilous Country''
* ''The Legion of the Lost'' (November 1943)
* ''Dangerous Quest'' (1944)
* ''Death in the Rising Sun'' (1945)
* ''The Hounds of Vengeance'' (1945)
* ''Shadow of Doom'' (1946)
* ''The House of the Bears'' (1946)
* ''Dark Harvest'' (1947)
* ''The Wings of Peace'' (1948)
* ''The Sons of Satan'' (1948)
* ''The Dawn of Darkness'' (1949)
* ''The League of Light'' (1949)
* ''The Man Who Shook the World'' (1950)
* ''The Prophet of Fire'' (1951)
* ''The Children of Hate'' (1952)
a.p.a. ''The Killers of Innocence''
* ''The Touch of Death'' (1954)
* ''The Mists of Fear'' (1955)
* ''The Flood'' (1956)
* ''The Plague of Silence'' (1958)
* ''The Drought'' (1959)
a.p.a. ''Dry Spell''
* ''The Terror'' (1962)
* ''The Depths'' (1963)
* ''The Sleep'' (1964)
* ''The Inferno'' (1965)
* ''The Famine'' (1967)
* ''The Blight'' (1968)
* ''The Oasis'' (1969)
* ''The Smog'' (1970)
* ''The Unbegotten'' (1971)
* ''The Insulators'' (1972)
* ''The Voiceless Ones'' (1973)
* ''The Thunder-Maker'' (1976)
* ''The Whirlwind'' (1979)
Four additional Z5 stories have been written by the author's son Richard; in these, the central figure is Thomas Palfrey, the doctor's grandson: ''Eternity's Sunrise'' (2012); ''Hard Targets'' (2013, an omnibus of three shorter adventures – "Wings of Fear," "Burning Night," and "Deadly Sleep").
The Department Z series, as John Creasey (1933–1957)
* ''The Death Miser'' (1933)
* ''Redhead'' (1933)
* ''First Came a Murder'' (1934)
* ''Death 'Round the Corner'' (1935)
* ''The Mark of the Crescent'' (1935)
* ''Thunder in Europe'' (1936)
* ''The Terror Trap'' (1936)
* ''Carriers of Death'' (1937)
* ''Days of Danger'' (1937)
* ''Death Stands By'' (1938)
* ''Menace!'' (1938)
* ''Murder Must Wait'' (1939)
* ''Panic!'' (1939)
* ''Death by Night'' (1940)
* ''The Island of Peril'' (1940)
* ''Sabotage'' (1941)
* ''Go Away Death'' (1941)
* ''The Day of Disaster'' (1942)
* ''Prepare for Action'' (1942)
* ''No Darker Crime'' (1943)
* ''Dark Peril'' (1944)
* ''The Peril Ahead'' (1946)
* ''The League of Dark Men'' (1947)
* ''The Department of Death'' (1949)
* ''The Enemy Within'' (1950)
* ''Dead or Alive'' (1951)
* ''A Kind of Prisoner'' (1954)
* ''The Black Spiders'' (1957)
Chief Inspector Roger West series, as John Creasey (1942–1978)
* ''Inspector West Takes Charge'' (1942)
* ''Inspector West Leaves Town'' (1943)
a.k.a. ''Go Away to Murder'' (1972)
* ''Inspector West at Home'' (1944) (Adapted for BBC Radio
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starring Patrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen (17 March 1927 – 28 July 2006) was a British actor.
Life and career
Allen was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada ...
)
* ''Inspector West Regrets'' (1945)
* ''Holiday for Inspector West'' (1946)
* ''Battle for Inspector West'' (1948) Adapted for BBC Radio
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starring Patrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen (17 March 1927 – 28 July 2006) was a British actor.
Life and career
Allen was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada ...
)
* ''Triumph for Inspector West'' (1948)
a.k.a. ''The Case Against Paul Raeburn'' (1958)
* ''Inspector West Kicks Off'' (1949)
a.k.a. ''Sport for inspector West'' (1971)
* ''Inspector West Alone'' (1950)
* ''Inspector West Cries Wolf'' (1950)
a.k.a. ''The Creepers'' (1952) (Adapted for BBC Radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering ...
starring Patrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen (17 March 1927 – 28 July 2006) was a British actor.
Life and career
Allen was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada ...
)
* ''A Case for Inspector West'' (1951)
a.k.a. ''The Figure in the Dusk'' (1952)
* ''Puzzle for Inspector West'' (1951)
a.k.a. ''The Dissemblers'' (1967)
* ''Inspector West at Bay'' (1952)
a.k.a. ''The Blind Spot'' (1954),
a.k.a. ''The Case of the Acid Throwers'' (1960) (Adapted for BBC Radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering ...
starring Patrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen (17 March 1927 – 28 July 2006) was a British actor.
Life and career
Allen was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada ...
)
* ''A Gun for Inspector West'' (1953)
a.k.a. ''Give a Man a Gun'' (1954)
* ''Send Inspector West'' (1953)
a.k.a. ''Send Superintendent West''
* ''A Beauty for Inspector West'' (1954)
a.k.a. ''The Beauty Queen Killer'' (1956),
a.k.a. ''So Young, So Cold, So Fair'' (1958) (Adapted for BBC Radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering ...
starring Patrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen (17 March 1927 – 28 July 2006) was a British actor.
Life and career
Allen was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada ...
)
* ''Inspector West Makes Haste'' (1955)
a.k.a. ''Murder Makes Haste'' (1955),
a.k.a. ''The Gelignite Gang'' (1956),
a.k.a. ''Night of the Watchman'' (1966) (Adapted for BBC Radio
BBC Radio is an operational business division and service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (which has operated in the United Kingdom under the terms of a royal charter since 1927). The service provides national radio stations covering ...
starring Patrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen (17 March 1927 – 28 July 2006) was a British actor.
Life and career
Allen was born in Nyasaland (now Malawi), where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada ...
)
* ''Two for Inspector West'' (1955)
a.k.a. ''Murder: One, Two, Three'' (1960),
''Murder Tips the Scales'' (1962)
* ''Parcels for Inspector West'' (1956)
a.k.a. ''Death of an Assassin'' (1960)
* ''A Prince for Inspector West'' (1956)
* ''Accident for Inspector West'' (1957)
a.k.a. ''Hit and Run'' (1959)
* ''Find Inspector West'' (1957)
a.k.a. ''The Trouble at Saxby's'' (1959),
a.k.a. ''Doorway to Death'' (1961)
* ''Murder, London – New York'' (1958)
* ''Strike for Death'' (1958)
a.k.a. ''The Killing Strike'' (1961)
* ''Death of a Racehorse'' (1959)
* ''The Case of the Innocent Victims'' (1959)
* ''Murder on the Line'' (1960)
* ''Death in Cold Print'' (1961)
* ''The Scene of the Crime'' (1961)
* ''Policeman's Dread'' (1962)
* ''Hang the Little Man'' (1963)
* ''Look Three Ways at Murder'' (1964)
* ''Murder, London – Australia'' (1965)
* ''Murder, London – South Africa'' (1966)
* ''The Executioners'' (1967)
* ''So Young to Burn'' (1968)
* ''Murder, London – Miami'' (1969)
* ''A Part for a Policeman'' (1970)
* ''Alibi'' (1971)
a.k.a. ''Alibi for Inspector West'' (1973)
* ''A Splinter of Glass'' (1972)
* ''The Theft of Magna Carta'' (1973)
a.k.a. ''Theft of Magna Carta'' (1973)
* ''The Extortioners'' (1974)
* ''A Sharp Rise in Crime'' (1978)
The Toff
In the series of adventure novels by John Creasey, the Toff is the nickname of the Honourable Richard Rollison, an upper-class crime sleuth. Creasey published almost 60 Toff adventures, beginning with ''Introducing the Toff'' in 1938 and conti ...
series, as John Creasey (1938–1978)
* ''Introducing the Toff'' (1938)
* ''The Toff Goes On'' (1939)
* ''The Toff Steps Out'' (1939)
* ''Here Comes the Toff'' (1940)
* ''The Toff Breaks In'' (1940)
* '' Salute the Toff'' (1941)
* ''The Toff Proceeds'' (1941)
* '' The Toff Goes to Market'' (1942)
* ''The Toff Is Back'' (1942)
* ''The Toff Among Millions'' (1943)
* ''Accuse the Toff'' (1943)
* ''The Toff and the Curate'' (1944)
a.k.a. ''The Toff and the Deadly Parson''
* ''The Toff and the Great Illusion'' (1944)
* ''Feathers for the Toff'' (1945)
* ''The Cinema Crimes'' (1945)
* ''The Toff and the Lady'' (1946)
* ''The Toff on Ice'' (1946)
a.k.a. ''Poison for The Toff''
* ''Hammer the Toff'' (1947)
* ''The Toff in Town'' (1947)
* ''The Toff Takes Shares'' (1948)
* ''The Toff and Old Harry'' (1949)
* ''The Toff on Board'' (1949)
* ''Fool the Toff'' (1950)
* ''Kill the Toff'' (1950)
* ''A Knife for the Toff'' (1951)
* ''The Toff Goes Gay'' (1951)
a.k.a. ''A Mask for the Toff''
* ''Hunt the Toff'' (1952)
* ''Call the Toff'' (1953)
* ''The Toff Down Under'' (1953)
a.k.a. ''Break the Toff''
* ''Murder Out of the Past'' (1953)
* ''The Toff at Butlin's'' (1954)
* ''The Toff at the Fair'' (1954)
a.k.a. ''Last Laugh For The Toff''
* ''A Six for the Toff'' (1955)
a.k.a. ''A Score for the Toff''
* ''The Toff and the Deep Blue Sea'' (1955)
* ''Make-Up for the Toff'' (1956)
a.k.a. ''Kiss the Toff''
* ''The Toff in New York'' (1956)
* ''Model for the Toff'' (1957)
* ''The Toff on Fire'' (1957)
* ''The Toff and the Stolen Tresses'' (1958)
* '' The Toff on the Farm'' (1958)
a.k.a. ''Terror for the Toff''
* ''Double for the Toff'' (1959)
* ''The Toff and the Runaway Bride'' (1959)
* ''A Rocket for the Toff'' (1960)
* ''The Toff and the Kidnapped Child'' (1960)
a.k.a. ''The Kidnapped Child''
* ''Follow the Toff'' (1961)
* ''The Toff and the Teds'' (1961)
a.k.a. ''The Toff and the Toughs''
* ''A Doll for the Toff'' (1959)
* ''Leave It to the Toff'' (1962)
* ''The Toff and the Spider'' (1965)
* ''The Toff in Wax'' (1966)
* ''A Bundle for the Toff'' (1967)
* ''Stars for the Toff'' (1968)
* ''The Toff and the Golden Boy'' (1969)
* ''The Toff and the Fallen Angels'' (1970)
* ''Vote for the Toff'' (1971)
* ''The Toff and the Trip-Trip-Triplets'' (1972)
* ''The Toff and the Terrified Taxman'' (1973)
* ''The Toff and the Sleepy Cowboy'' (1974)
* ''The Toff and the Crooked Copper'' (1977)
* ''The Toff and the Dead Man's Finger'' (1978; written by William Vivian Butler)
Sexton Blake
Sexton Blake is a fictional character, a detective who has been featured in many British comic strips, novels and dramatic productions since 1893. Sexton Blake adventures were featured in a wide variety of British and international publications ...
series, writing as John Creasey (1937–1943)
* ''The Case of the Murdered Financier'' (1937)
* ''The Great Air Swindle'' (1939)
* ''The Man from Fleet Street'' (1940)
* ''The Case of the Mad Inventor'' (1942)
* ''Private Carter's Crime'' (1943)
Standalone novels, as John Creasey
* ''Seven Times Seven'' (1932)
* ''Men, Maids and Murder'' (1933)
* ''The Men Who Died Laughing'' (1935)
* ''Yesterday's Murder'' (1945)
* ''The Mountain of the Blind'' (1960)
* ''The Foothills of Fear'' (1961)
* ''The Masters of Bow Street'' (1972)
The Baron series (under the pseudonym "Anthony Morton," 1937–1979)
* ''Meet the Baron'' (1937)
(U.S. title ''The Man in the Blue Mask'')
* ''The Baron Returns'' (1937)
(U.S. title ''The Return of Blue Mask'')
* ''The Baron Again'' (1938)
(U.S. title ''Salute Blue Mask'')
* ''The Baron at Bay'' (1938)
(U.S. title ''Blue Mask at Bay'')
* ''Alias the Baron'' (1939)
(U.S. title ''Alias Blue Mask'')
* ''The Baron at Large'' (1939)
(U.S. title ''Challenge Blue Mask'')
* ''Versus the Baron'' (1940)
(U.S. title ''Blue Mask Strikes Again'')
* ''Call for the Baron'' (1940)
(U.S. title ''Blue Mask Victorious'')
* ''The Baron Comes Back'' (1943)
* ''A Case for the Baron'' (1945)
* ''Reward for the Baron'' (1945)
* ''Career for the Baron'' (1946)
* ''The Baron and the Beggar'' (1947)
* ''A Rope for the Baron'' (1948)
* ''Blame the Baron'' (1948)
* ''Books for the Baron'' (1949)
* ''Cry for the Baron'' (1950)
* ''Trap the Baron'' (1950)
* ''Attack the Baron'' (1951)
* ''Shadow the Baron'' (1951)
* ''Warn the Baron'' (1952)
* ''The Baron Goes East'' (1953)
* ''The Baron in France'' (1953)
* ''Danger for the Baron'' (1953)
* ''The Baron Goes Fast'' (1954)
* ''Nest-Egg for the Baron'' (1954)
(U.S. title ''Deaf, Dumb and Blonde'')
* ''Help from the Baron'' (1955)
* ''Hide the Baron'' (1956)
* ''Frame the Baron'' (1957)
(U.S. title ''The Double Frame'')
* ''Red Eye for the Baron'' (1958)
(U.S. title ''Blood Red'')
* ''Black for the Baron'' (1959)
(U.S. title ''If Anything Happens to Hester'')
* ''Salute for the Baron'' (1960)
* ''A Branch for the Baron'' (1961)
(U.S. title ''The Baron Branches Out'')
* ''Salute for the Baron'' (1960)
* ''A Branch for the Baron'' (1961)
(U.S. title ''The Baron Branches Out'')
* ''Bad for the Baron'' (1962)
(U.S. title ''The Baron and the Stolen Legacy'')
* ''A Sword for the Baron'' (1963)
(U.S. title ''The Baron and the Mogul Swords'')
* ''The Baron on Board'' (1964)
* ''The Baron and the Chinese Puzzle'' (1965)
* ''Sport for the Baron'' (1966)
* ''Affair for the Baron'' (1967)
* ''The Baron and the Missing Old Masters'' (1968)
* ''The Baron and the Unfinished Portrait'' (1969)
* ''Last Laugh for the Baron'' (1970)
* ''The Baron Goes A-Buying'' (1971)
* ''The Baron and the Arrogant Artist'' (1972)
* ''Burgle the Baron'' (1973)
* ''The Baron, King-Maker'' (1975)
* ''Love for the Baron'' (1979)
The Bruce Murdoch series (under the pseudonym "Norman Deane," 1939–1942)
# ''Secret Errand'' (1939)
# ''Dangerous Journey'' (1939)
# ''Unknown Mission'' (1940)
# ''The Withered Man'' (1940)
# ''I Am the Withered Man'' (1941)
# ''Where is the Withered Man'' (1942)
The Liberator series (as "Norman Deane," 1943–1945)
# ''Return to Adventure'' (1943)
# ''Gateway to Escape'' (1944)
# ''Come Home to Crime'' (1945)
The Mark Kilby series (under the pseudonym "Robert Caine Frazer," 1959–1964)
# ''Mark Kilby Solves a Murder'' (1959) a.p.a. ''R.I.S.C.'' (1962), a.p.a. ''The Timid Tycoon'' (1966)
# ''Mark Kilby and the Secret Syndicate'' (1960)
# ''Mark Kilby and the Miami Mob'' (1960)
# ''Mark Kilby Stands Alone'' (1962)
# ''Mark Kilby Takes a Risk'' (1962)
# ''The Hollywood Hoax'' (1964)
The Superintendent Folly series (under the pseudonym "Jeremy York," 1942–1948)
In the asterisked titles, Folly was added for the revised editions of novels originally written as standalones.
* ''Foul Play Suspected'' (1942) *
* ''Murder in the Family'' (1944)*
* ''Crime With Many Voices'' (1945) *
* ''No Crime More Cruel'' (1945) *
* ''Find the Body'' (1945)
* ''Murder Came Late'' (1946)
* ''Mystery Motive'' (1947) *
* ''Run Away to Murder'' (1947)
* ''First a Murder'' (1947)
* ''Close the Door on Murder'' (1948)
* ''Let's Kill Uncle Lionel'' (1948)
* ''The Gallows are Waiting'' (1948) *
The Fane Brothers series
Written under the pseudonym "Michael Halliday" for UK publication (1952–1955), but published under the pseudonym "Jeremy York" in the US (all in 1972).
* ''Take a Body'' (1952)
* ''Murder in the Stars'' (1953)
* ''Man on the Run'' (1953)
* ''Lame Dog Murder'' (1955)
The Doctor Cellini series
Written under the pseudonym "Michael Halliday" for UK publication (1965–1975), but published under the pseudonym "Kyle Hunt" for US.
* ''Cunning as a Fox'' (1965)
* ''Wicked as the Devil'' (1966)
* ''Sly as a Serpent'' (1967)
* ''Cruel as a Cat'' (1968)
* ''Too Good to Be True'' (1969)
* ''A Period of Evil'' (1970 in UK, 1971 in US)
* ''As Lonely as the Damned'' (1971 in UK, 1972 in US)
* ''As Empty as Hate'' (1972)
* ''As Merry as Hell'' (1972 in UK, 1973 in US)
* ''This Man Did I Kill?'' (1974)
* ''The Man Who Was Not Himself'' (1975)
Standalone novels (as "Jeremy York," 1941–1960)
* ''By Persons Unknown'' (1941)
* ''Murder Unseen'' (1943)
* ''No Alibi'' (1944)
* ''Yesterday's Murder'' (1945)
* ''Wilful Murder'' (1946)
* ''Death to My Killer'' (1950)
* ''Sentence of Death'' (1950)
* ''Voyage of Death'' (1952)
a.p.a. ''Voyage with Murder''
* ''Safari with Murder'' (1953)
a.p.a. ''Safari with Fear''
* ''So Soon to Die'' (1955)
* ''Seeds of Murder'' (1956)
* ''Sight of Death'' (1956)
* ''My Brother's Killer'' (1958)
* ''Hide and Kill'' (1959)
* ''To Kill or to Die'' (1960)
a.p.a. ''To Kill or Die''
Standalone novels (written under the pseudonym "Peter Manton," 1937–1954)
* ''The Greyvale School Mystery'' (1937)
* ''Murder Manor'' (1937)
* ''Stand By for Danger'' (1937)
* ''Circle of Justice'' (1938)
* ''Three Days' Terror'' (1938)
* ''The Crime Syndicate'' (1939)
* ''Death Looks On'' (1039)
* ''Murder in the Highlands'' (1939)
* ''The Midget Marvel'' (1940)
* ''Policeman's Triumph'' (1948)
* ''Thief in the Night'' (1950)
* ''No Escape from Murder'' (1953)
* ''The Charity Killers'' (1954)
* ''The Crooked Killer'' (1954)
The Patrick Dawlish Series (written under the pseudonym "Gordon Ashe," 1939–1975)
* ''The Speaker'' (1939)
* ''Death on Demand'' (1939)
* ''Terror by Day'' (1940)
* ''Secret Murder'' (1940)
* Ware Danger'' (1941)
* ''Murder Most Foul'' (1941)
* ''There Goes Death'' (1942)
* ''Death in High Places'' (1942)
* ''Death in Flames'' (1943)
* ''Two Men Missing'' (1943)
* ''Rogues Rampant'' (1944)
* ''Death on the Move'' (1945)
* ''Invitation to Adventure'' (1946)
* ''Here is Danger'' (1946)
* ''Give Me Murder'' (1947)
* ''Murder Too Late'' (1947)
* ''Engagement with Death'' (1948)
* ''Dark Mystery'' (1948)
* ''A Puzzle in Pearls'' (1949)
* ''Kill or Be Killed'' (1949)
* ''Murder with Mushrooms'' (1950)
* ''The Dark Circle'' (1951)
* ''Death in Diamonds'' (1951)
* ''Missing or Dead'' (1951)
* ''Death in a Hurry'' (1952)
* ''Sleepy Death'' (1953)
* ''The Long Search'' (1953) (U.S. title ''Drop Dead'', 1954)
* ''Death in the Trees'' (1954)
* ''Double for Death'' (1954)
* ''The Kidnapped Child'' (1955) (a.p.a. ''The Snatch'')
* ''Day of Fear'' (1956)
* ''Wait for Death'' (1957)
* ''Come Home to Death'' (1958) (U.S. title ''The Pack of Lies'', 1959)
* ''Elope to Death'' (1959)
* ''Don't Let Him Kill'' (1960) (U.S. title ''The Man Who Laughed at Murder'', 1960)
* ''The Crime Haters'' (1961)
* ''Rogues' Ransom'' (1962)
* ''Death from Below'' (1963)
* ''The Big Call'' (1964)
* ''A Promise of Diamonds'' (1964)
* ''A Taste of Treasure'' (1966)
* ''A Clutch of Coppers'' (1967)
* ''A Shadow of Death'' (1968)
* ''A Scream Of Murder'' (1969)
* ''A Nest of Traitors'' (1970)
* ''A Rabble of Rebels'' (1971)
* ''A Life for a Death'' (1972)
* ''A Herald of Doom'' (1973)
* ''A Blast of Trumpets'' (1974)
* ''A Plague of Demons'' (1975)
Standalone novels (as "Gordon Ashe," 1940–1957)
# ''Who Was the Jester?'' (1940)
# ''The Man Who Stayed Alive'' (1955)
# ''No Need to Die'' (1956)
# ''You Bet Your Life'' (1957)
Standalone novels (as "Abel Mann," 1966)
# ''Danger Woman'' (1966)
Westerns (various pseudonyms)
''One-Shot Marriott'' and ''Roaring Guns'' were written under the pseudonym "Ken Ranger"; the rest were written under the pseudonyms "Tex Riley" (asterisked below) or "William K. Riley" (indicated below by # sign after date of publication).
* ''Gun-Smoke Range'' (1938) *
* ''One-Shot Marriott'' (1938)
* ''Two-Gun Girl'' (1938) *
* ''Roaring Guns'' (1939)
* ''Gunshot Mesa'' (1939) *
* ''Range War'' (1939) #
* ''Two Gun Texan'' (1939) #
* ''Gun Feud'' (1940) #
* ''Masked Riders'' (1940) *
* ''Rustler's Range'' (1940) *
* ''The Shootin' Sheriff'' (1940) *
* ''Stolen Range'' (1940) #
* ''Outlaw's Vengeance'' (1941) #
* ''War on the Lazy-K'' (1941) #
* ''Death Canyon'' (1941) *
* ''Guns on the Range'' (1942) *
* ''Guns over Blue Lake'' (1942) #
* ''Riders of Dry Gulch'' (1943) #
* ''Range Justice'' (1943) *
* ''Long John Rides the Range'' (1944) #
* ''Outlaw Hollow'' (1944) *
* ''Miracle Range'' (1945) #
* ''Hidden Range'' (1946) *
* ''The Secrets of the Range'' (1946) #
* ''Forgotten Range'' (1947) *
* ''Trigger Justice'' (1948) *
* ''Bullet Justice'' (1949) *
* ''Lynch Hollow'' (1949) *
* ''Outlaw Guns'' (1949) #
* ''Range Vengeance'' (1953) #
Romance novels (various pseudonyms)
Those indicated by "1" after the publication date were written under the pseudonym "Margaret Cooke";
those indicated by "2" after the publication date were written under the pseudonym "Elise Fecamps";
those indicated by "3" after the publication date were written under the pseudonym "Henry St John Cooper".
* ''For Love's Sake'' (1934) 1
* ''Lover of Hate'' (1936) 2
* ''False Love or True'' (1937) 1
* ''Troubled Journey'' (1937) 1
* ''Love's Triumph'' (1937) 2
* ''True Love'' (1937) 2
* ''Chains of Love'' (1937) 3
* ''Love's Pilgrimage'' (1937) 3
* ''A Mannequin's Romance'' (1938) 1
* ''Fate's Playthings'' (1938) 1
* ''Love Calls Twice'' (1938) 1
* ''The Road to Happiness'' (1938) 1
* ''Web of Destiny'' (1938) 1
* ''Whose Lover?'' (1938) 1
* ''The Greater Desire'' (1938) 3
* ''The Tangled Legacy'' (1938) 3
* ''The Turn of Fate'' (1939) 1
* ''Crossroads of Love'' (1939) 1
* ''Love Comes Back'' (1939) 1
* ''Love Triumphant'' (1939) 1
* ''Love's Ordeal'' (1939) 3
* ''Love's Journey'' (1940) 1
* ''The Lost Lover'' (1940) 3
Footnotes
External links
Biography and bibliography
at Creasey copyright holder Owatonna Media (owatonnamedia.co.uk)
"John Creasey – Ten Authors in One"
at The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition (h2g2.com)
The John Creasey Online Resource
(johncreasey.co.uk) – fan site
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* of works catalogued under his own name and several pseudonyms, and links to many others
: As of October 2018, the Library of Congress assigns LCCN
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to, or identifies, about 20 pseudonyms, and evidently catalogues some works under about 10 of them.
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1908 births
1973 deaths
English crime fiction writers
Edgar Award winners
Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates
Members of the Order of the British Empire
20th-century English novelists
British detective fiction writers
English male novelists
20th-century English male writers
Authors of Sexton Blake