Inspector West Regrets

Inspector West #4

by John Creasey, Tim Bentinck (Reader)

Chattworth, the assistant commissioner at Scotland Yard, was pensive. "We aren't doing very well, West, are we?" Andrew Kelham interested a lot of people, not least the Home Office. Three days before, his son had been murdered, his cleaner throttled. Since then, life had been anything but easy for Inspector Roger 'Handsome' West of the Yard. He'd received a bloody nose, been sandbagged, robbed of important papers, shot at, and accused of gross neglect of duty. A bit of good luck would certainly have not gone amiss. Enter the fantastically lovely Mrs Kelham… Master crime fiction writer John Creasey's near 600 titles have sold more than 80 million copies in over 25 languages across 100 countries under both his own name and more than 20 other pseudonyms. His style varied with each identity and led to him being regarded as a literary phenomenon. Amongst the many series written were Gideon of Scotland Yard, The Toff, The Baron, Dr. Palfrey and Inspector West, as J. J. Marric, Michael Halliday, Patrick Dawlish and others. During his lifetime Creasey enjoyed an ever-increasing reputation both in the UK and overseas, especially the USA. This was further enhanced by constant revision of his works in order to assure the best possible be presented to his fans and also by many awards, not least of which was being honoured twice by the Mystery Writer's of America, latterly as Grand Master.

Genres: Mystery

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First published January 1, 1945

About the author

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 Gideon of Scotland Yard, the basis for the television program Gideon's Way but others include Department Z, Dr. Palfrey, The Toff, Inspector Roger West, and The Baron (which was also made into a television series). In 1962, Creasey won an Edgar Award for Best Novel, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Gideon's Fire, written under the pen name J. J. Marric. And in 1969 he was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.

Reviews

[ShanDizzy · Rating 3 out of 5]

...get the file on Andrew Kelham, and took the papers with him when he went to lunch. He spent the whole afternoon sifting through the various items of information, but could find nothing new. All there had been against Kelham were vague suspicions and the fact that he had been known to associate with   .convicted operators in land speculation – two of whom had received big payments against forged documents and land titles

He put on his raincoat and hat and went downstairs, but he was only halfway down the steps leading to the courtyard on the Embankment side when he was called: ‘Handsome!’
He looked round, and saw a fellow inspector. ‘Aren’t you on the K business?’ called the inspector.
‘Yes, why?’ asked Roger.
‘Kelham’s son’s been murdered,’ the inspector said. ‘You’d better go, hadn’t you?’

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[David Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

Slightest breathless inquiries for DI “Handsome” West of The Yard tasked with investigating the suspicious business methods of a major property developer. This is somewhat derailed by the murder of the man’s son, the main suspect being a young lady who had recently broken off their relationship and had already tried to kill him once.
Things move quickly and there’s a sense of Francis Durbridge’s Paul Temple in the rather frantic car chases, shootings and escapes from certain death that Roger gets involved in.

[J Grimsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

A romp of good quality.