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Gerald Verner

Born

in Streatham, London, The United Kingdom

June 26, 1897

Died

September 16, 1980

Genre

Thriller, Mystery

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Gerald Verner is one of the pseudonyms used by John Robert Stuart Pringle, who was born in Streatham, London, on 31 January 1897.

In his early writing days he used the name Donald Stuart, under which name he wrote 44 stories for the Sexton Blake Library as well as six stories for Union Jack and three for the Thriller magazine. In addition he wrote two stage plays, 'Sexton Blake' and 'The Shadow', two films, 'The Man Outside' (1933) and 'The Shadow' (1933) under the Stuart name. Later a number of his books were adapted for radio serials, stage plays and films.

He became a hugely successful thriller writer, producing more than 120 novels that were translated in 35 languages. The Duke of Windsor was a big Verner fan and at one time he was presen ...more

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	The Detective Budd Classic Mysteries Books 1-10 (Robert Budd Mystery #1-10) 4.40 avg rating — 621 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 Detective Budd Classic Mysteries Books 11-19 (Robert Budd Mystery #11-19) 4.48 avg rating — 310 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 Simon Gale Series Books 1-3 (Simon Gale #1-3) 4.28 avg rating — 279 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 Complete Trevor Lowe Series (Trevor Lowe #1-11) 4.39 avg rating — 232 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 Paul Rivington Mysteries (Paul Rivington #1-3) 4.26 avg rating — 136 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 Grim Joker (Robert Budd Mystery #1) 3.80 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 1936 — 3 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
	Thirsty Evil (Peter Chard #1) 3.90 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1945 — 2 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 Seven Clues (Dene of the Secret Service #1) 4.05 avg rating — 81 ratings — 3 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 Phantom Hollow (Trevor Lowe #1) 3.90 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1933 — 3 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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Robert Budd Mystery (18 books)
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“nothing is more conducive to depression than loss of sleep.”
― Gerald Verner, The Complete Trevor Lowe Series

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“suddenly.”
― Gerald Verner, The Detective Budd Classic Mysteries Books 1-10

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“Love was only a synonym for sex; loyalty to anything was regarded as a joke; kindness, a weakness. They had no standards—nothing except an undisciplined gratification of their emotions of the moment.”
― Gerald Verner, The Detective Budd Classic Mysteries Books 11-19

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