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John Creasey

Born

in Southfields, Surrey, The United Kingdom

September 17, 1908

Died

June 09, 1973

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Short Stories

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AKA Gordon Ashe, M E Cooke, Norman Deane, Robert Caine Frazer, Patrick Gill, Michael Halliday, Charles Hogarth, Brian Hope, Colin Hughes, Kyle Hunt, Margaret Lisle, Abel Mann, Peter Manton, J.J. Marric, Richard Martin, Rodney Mattheson, Anthony Morton, Jeremy York, Henry St. John Cooper and Margaret Cooke.

John Creasey (September 17, 1908 - June 9, 1973) was born in Southfields, Surrey, England and died in New Hall, Bodenham, Salisbury Wiltshire, England. He was the seventh of nine children in a working class home. He became an English author of crime thrillers, published in excess of 600 books under 20+ different pseudonyms. He invented many famous characters who would appear in a whole series of novels. Probably the most famous of these is ...more

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	Gideon's Day: A Scotland Yard Police Procedural (Gideon of Scotland Yard Book 1) 3.83 avg rating — 539 ratings — published 1955 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Introducing the Toff (Toff, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 164 ratings — published 1938 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inspector West Takes Charge (Inspector West, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1942 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gideon's Month: A Dark London Mystery Novel (Gideon of Scotland Yard Book 4) 4.43 avg rating — 75 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Here Comes the Toff (Toff, #4) 3.81 avg rating — 85 ratings — published 1940 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inspector West at Home (Inspector West, #3) 3.64 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1957 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Came a Murder, Death Round the Corner, and The Mark of the Crescent (Department Z) 3.80 avg rating — 71 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death Miser (Department Z, #1) 3.70 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1933 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gideon's Staff: A Dark 1950s Police Procedural (Gideon of Scotland Yard Book 5) 4.53 avg rating — 58 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Masters of Bow Street 3.90 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1972 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Toff (59 books)
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“But I’m expected. Palfrey. I—” “Oh, yes, sir! Better not try to get the jeep along the street, though Mind”
― John Creasey, The Flood

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