Toff is Back

Toff #9

by John Creasey

176 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 1942

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 4 out of 5]

The war rages on but Rollison is back in London on 2 weeks' leave visiting his old haunts in the bomb-damaged East End - and heard several disturbing rumors of wrongful arrests for looting. The underworld was not long in learning of the Toff's return so immediately set out to end his interference before it's even started. He faces a ruthless organization that will stop at nothing, including shooting Jolly, to keep the Toff from winning the day.

[Delores Alger · Rating 4 out of 5]

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[Cori Samuel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 14/20