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 crime solving abilities are in the finest traditions of [...]
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.[...]
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 offing, and one way or another, all of these cases a[...]
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 world of murder and conspiracy, along with corruption a[...]
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 to the Toff as perpetrator. From the East End of Lond[...]
Every social call brings Richard Rollison, aka the Toff, closer to death in this thriller, which is dominated by characters from all ends of the spectrum. There is Renway, an Amontillado-sipping old-school art buff who is far from being suited to Irma, who in turn flaunts and teases with a come-on s[...]
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 mystery.[...]
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, and him as a suspect. He is Paris bound when the police[...]