Male : The most prolific Crime Novelist ever. He wrote over 560 mysteries, thrillers, Westerns and Action Books. Creator of Commander George Gideon. He used over 20 pseudonyms. Founded the Crime Writer's Assoc in 1953. He married four times

Nationality : English Place of Birth : Southfields, Surrey

Date of Birth : 1908 Date of Death : 1973 Age : 65

Pseudonyms : J J Marric, Anthony Morton, Gordon Ashe, M E Cooke, Margaret Cooke, Henry St John Cooper, Norman Deane, Elise Fecamps, Robert Caine Frazer, Patrick Gill, Michael Halliday, Charles Hogarth, Brian Hope, Colin Hughes, Kyle Hunt, Peter Manton, Richard Martin, Rodney Mattheson, Ken Ranger, William K Reilly, Tex Riley, Jeremy York

DEPARTMENT Z NOVELS
(Published by Melrose)
The Death Miser (1932)
Redhead (1934 Hurst & Blackett)
First Came a Murder (1934)
Death Round the Corner (1935)
The Mark of the Crescent (1935)
Thunder in Europe (1936)
The Terror Trap (1936)
Carriers of Death (1937) (1972 US)
Days of Danger (1937)
Published by Long
Menace (1938)
Murder Must Wait (1939 Melrose)
Panic (1939)
Death by Night (1940)
The Island of Peril (1940)
Sabotage (1941)
Go Away Death (1941)
The Day of Disaster (1942)
Published by Stanley Paul
Prepare for Action (1942)
No Darker Crime (1943)
Dark Peril (1944)
The Peril Ahead (1946)
The League of Dark Men (1947)
Published by Evans
Department of Death (1949)
The Enemy Within (1950)
Dead or Alive (1951)
Published by Hodder & Stoughton
A Kind of Prisoner (1954)
The Black Spiders (1957)

SEXTON BLAKE NOVELS
(Published by Amalagamted Press)
The Case of the Murdered Financier (1937)
The Great Air Swindle (1939)
The Man from Fleet Street (1940)
The Case of the Mad Inventor (1942)
Private Carter's Crime (1943)

THE TOFF NOVELS
(Published by Long)
Introducing the Toff (1938)
The Toff Goes On (1939)
The Toff Steps Out (1939)
Here Comes the Toff (1940)
The Toff Breaks In (1940)
Salute the Toff (1941)
The Toff Proceeds (1941)
The Toff Goes to Market (1942)
The Toff is Back (1942)
The Toff Among the Millions (1943)
Accuse the Toff (1943)
The Toff and the Curate (1944)
The Toff and the Great Illusion (1944)
Feathers for the Toff (1945)
The Toff and the Lady (1946)
The Toff on Ice (1946)
Hammer the Toff (1947)
The Toff in Town (1948)
The Toff Takes Shares (1948)
The Toff and Old Harry (1949)

Published by Evans
The Toff on Board (1949)
Fool the Toff (1950)
Kill the Toff (1950)
A Knife for the Toff (1951)
The Toff Goes Gay (1951)
Hunt the Toff (1952)

Published by Hodder & Stoughton
Call the Toff (1953)
The Toff Down Under (1953)
The Toff at Butlins (1954)
The Toff at the Fair (1954)
A Six for the Toff (1955)
The Toff and the Deep Blue Sea (1955)
Make-up for the Toff (1956)
The Toff in New York (1956)
Model for the Toff (1957)
The Toff on Fire (1957)
The Toff and the Stolen Tresses (1958)
The Toff on the Farm (1958)
Double for the Toff (1959)
The Toff and the Runaway Bride (1959)
A Rocket for the Toff (1960)
The Toff and the Kidnapped Child (1960)
Follow the Toff (1961)
The Toff and the Teds (1961)
A Doll for the Toff (1963)
Leave it to the Toff (1963)
The Toff and the Spider (1965)
The Toff in Wax (1966)
A Bundle for the Toff (1967)
Stars for the Toff (1968)
The Toff and the Golden Boy (1969)
The Toff and the Fallen Angels (1970)
Vote for the Toff (1971)
The Toff and the Trip-Trip-Triplets (1972)
The Toff and the Terrified Taxman (1973)
The Toff and the Sleepy Cowboy (1975)

TOFF SHORT STORIES
The Toff on the Trail (nd. Everybody's Books pb)
Murder Out of the Past (1953 Barrington Gray pb)

DR PALFREY NOVELS
(Published by Long)
Traitor's Doom (1942)
The Legions of the Lost (1943)
The Valley of Fear (1943)
Dangerous Quest (1944)
Death in the Rising Sun (1945)
The Hounds of Vengeance (1945)
Shadow of Doom (1946)
The House of the Bears (1946)
Dark Harvest (1947)
The Wings of Peace (1948)
Sons of Satan (1948)
The Dawn of Darkness (1949)

Published by Evans
The League of Light (1949)
The Man Who Shook the World (1950)
The Prophet of Fire (1951)
The Children of Hate (1952)

Published by Hodder & Stoughton
The Touch of Death (1954)
The Mists of Fear (1955)
The Flood (1956)
The Plague of Silence (1958)
The Drought (1959)
The Terror (1962)
The Depths (1963)
The Sleep (1964)
The Inferno (1965) (1965 Walker NY)
The Flame (1967)
The Blight (1968)
The Oasis (1970)
The Smog (1970)
The Unbegotten (1971)
The Insulators (1972)
The Voiceless Ones (1973)
The Thunder-Maker (1976)
The Whirlwind (1979)

INSPECTOR WEST NOVELS
(Published by Stanley Paul)
Inspector West Takes Charge (1942)
Inspector West Takes Charge (1943)
Inspector West at Home (1943)
Inspector West Regrets (1945)
Holiday for Inspector West (1946)
Battle for Inspector West (1948)
Triumph for Inspector West (1948)
Inspector West Kicks Off (1949)

Published by Evans
Inspector West Alone (1950)
Inspector West Cries Wolf (1950)
A Case for Inspector West (1951)
Puzzle for Inspector West (1951)
Inspector West at Bay (1952)

Published by Hodder & Stoughton
A Gun for Inspector West (1953)
Send Inspector West (1953)
A Beauty for Inspector West (1954)
Inspector West Makes Haste (1955)
Two for Inspector West (1955)
Parcels for Inspector West (1956)
A Prince for Inspector West (1956)
Accident for Inspector West (1957)
Find Inspector West (1957)
Murder, London-New York (1958)
Strike for Death (1958)
Death of a Racehorse (1959) (1962 US)
The Case of the Innocent Victims (1959)
Murder on the Line (1960)
Death in Cold Print (1961)
The Scene of the Crime (1961)
Policeman's Dread (1962)
Hang the Little Man (1963)
Look Three Ways at Murder (1964)
Murder, London - Australia (1965)
Murder, London - South Africa (1965) (1966 Scribner)
The Executioners (1967)
So Young to Burn (1968)
Murder, London - Miami (1969)
A Part for a Policeman (1970)
Alibi (1971)
A Splinter of Glass (1972)
The Theft of Magna Carter (1973)
The Extortioners (1974)
A Sharp Rise in Crime (1978)

OTHERS
Seven Times Seven (1932 Melrose) - 1st Book
Men, Maids and Murder (1933 Melrose)
Four of the Best (1955 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Mountain of the Blind (1960 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Foothills of Fear (1961 Hodder & Stoughton)
The Masters of Bow Street (1972 Hodder & Stoughton)

CHILDRENS BOOKS
The Men Who Died Laughing (1935 D C Thomson pb)
The Killer Squad (1936 Newnes pb)
Our Glorious Term (nd.Sampson Low hb)
The Captain of the Fifth (nd. Sampson Low hb)
Blazing the Air Trail (1936 Sampson Low hb)
The Jungle Flight Mystery (1936 Sampson Low Hb)
The Mystery Plane (1936 Sampson Low Hb)
Murder by Magic (1937 Amalgamated Press pb)
The Mysterious Mr Rocco (1937 Mellifont pb)
The SOS Flight (1937 Sampson Low Hb)
The Secret Aeroplane (1937 Sampson Low Hb)
The Treasure Flight (1937 Sampson Low Hb)
The Air Marauders (1937 Sampson Low Hb)
The Black Biplane (1937 Sampson Low Hb)
The Mystery Flight (1937 Sampson Low Hb)
The Double Motive (1938 Mellifont pb)
The Missing Hoard (1938 Mellifont pb)
Mystery at Manby House (1938 North News Syndicate pb)
The Fighting Flyers (1938 Sampson Low Hb)
The Flying Stowaways (1938 Sampson Low Hb)
The Miracle Plane (1938 Sampson Low Hb)
Dixon Hawke, Secret Agent (1939 D C Thomson pb)
Documents of Death (1939 Mellifont pb)
The Hidden Hoard (1939 Mellifont pb)
Mottled Death (1939 D C Thomson pb)
The Blue Flyer (1939 Mellifont pb)
The Jumper (1939 Northern News Syndicate pb)
The Mystery of Blackmoor Prison (1939 Mellifont pb)
The Scared Eye (1939 D C Thomson pb)
The Ship of Death (1939 D C Thomson pb)
Peril by Air (1939 Newnes pb)
The Flying Turk (1939 Sampson Low Hb)
The Monarch of the Skies (1939 Smapson Low)
The Fear of Felix Corder (nd. Fleetway pb)
John Brand, Fugitive (nd. Fleetway pb)
The Night of Dread (nd. Fleetway pb)
Dazzle - Air Ace No 1 (1940 Newnes pb)
Dazzle and the Red Bomber (nd. Newnes pb)
Five Missing Men (1940 Newnes pb)
The Poison Gas Robberies (1940 Mellifont pb)
The Cinema Crimes (1945 Pemberton pb)
The Missing Monoplane (1947 Sampson Low Hb)

Works published under his many pseudonyms
AS GORDON ASHE
(Published by Long unless stated)
Who was the Jester ? (1940 Newnes)
The Man Who Stayed Alive (1955)
No Need to Die (1956)
Patrick Dawlish Novels
Death on Demand (1939)
The Speaker (1939)
Terror By Day (1940)
Secret Murder (1940)
Ware Danger (1941)
Murder Most Foul (1942)
There Goes Death (1942)
Death in High Places (1942)
Death in Flames (1943)
Two Men Missing (1943)
Rogues Rampant (1944)
Death on the Move (1945)
Invitation to Adventure (1945)
Here is Danger (1946)
Give Me Murder (1947)
Murder Too Late (1947)
Dark Mystery (1948)
Engagement with Death (1948)
A Puzzle in Pearls (1949)
Kill of be Killed (1949 Evans)
The Dark Circle (1950 Evans)
Murder with Mushrooms (1950 Evans)
Death in Diamonds (1951 Evans)
Missing or Dead ? (1951 Evans)
Death in a Hurry (1952 Evans)
The Long Search (1953)
Sleepy Death (1953)
Double Death (1954)
Death in the Trees (1954)
The Kidnapped Child (1955)
Day or Fear (1956)
Wait for Death (1957)
Come Home to Death (1958)
Elope to Death (1959)
Don't Let Him Kill (1960)
The Crime Haters (1961)
Rogues Ransom (1962)
Death from Below (1963)
The Big Call (1964)
A Promise of Diamonds (1965)
A Taste of Treasure (1966)
A Clutch of Coppers (1967)
A Shadow of Death (1968)
A Scream of Murder (1970)
A Nest of Traitors (1970)
A Rabble of Rebels (1971)
A Life for a Death (1973)
A Herald of Doom (1974)
A Blast of Trumpets (1975)
A Plague of Demons (1976)

NOVELS AS M E COOKE
(Published by Mellifont as paperbacks unless stated)
Fire of Death (1934 Fiction House)
The Black Heart (1935 Gramol)
The Casino Mystery (1935)
The Crime Gang (1935)
The Death Drive (1935)
NO 1's Last Crime (1935 Fiction House)
The Stolen Formula Mystery (1936)
The Big Radium Mystery (1936)
The Day of Terror (1936)
The Dummy Robberies (1936)
The Hypnotic Demon (1936 Fiction House)
The Moat Farm Mystery (1936 Fiction House)
The Secret Formula (1936 Fiction House)
The Successful Alibi (1936)
The Hadfield Mystery (1937)
The Moving Eye (1937)
The Raven (1937 Fiction House)
The Mountain terror (1939)
For Her Sister's Sake (1938 Fiction House)
The Verrall Street Affair (1940 Newnes)

NOVELS AS MARGARET COOKE
(All published as paperbacks by Fiction House)
For Love's Sake (1934 Northern News Syndicate)
Troubled Journey (1937)
False Love or True (1937 Northern News Synd)
Fate's Playthings (1938)
Web of Destiny (1938)
Whose Lover ? (1938)
A Mannequin's Romance (1938)
Love Calls Twice (1938)
The Road to Happiness (1938)
The Turn of Fate (1939)
Love Triumphant (1939)
Loves Comes Back (1939)
Crossroads of Love (1939 Mellifont)
Love's Journey (1940)

NOVELS AS HENRY ST JOHN COOPER
(All published by Sampson Low)
Chains of Love (1937)
Love's Pilgrimage (1937)
The Tangled Legacy (1938)
The Greater Desire (1938)
Love's Ordeal (1939)
The Lost Lover (1940)

NOVELS AS NORMAN DEANE
(All published by Hurst & Blackett)
Play for Murder (1946)
The Silent House (1947)
Why Murder ? (1948)
Intent to Murder (1948)
The Man I Didn't Kill (1950)
No Hurry to Kill (1950)
Double for Death (1951)
Golden Death (1952)
Look at Murder (1952)
Murder Ahead (1953)
Death in the Spanish Sun (1954)
Incense of Death (1954)
Bruce Murdoch Novels
Secret Errand (1939)
Dangerous Journey (1939)
Unknown Mystery (1940)
The Withered Man (1940)
I Am the Withered Man (1941)
Where is the Withered Man ? (1942)
The Liberator Novels
Return to Adventure (1943)
Gateway to Escape (1944)
Come Home to Crime (1945)

NOVELS AS ELISE FECAMPS
(All published by Fiction House in paperback)
Love or Hate ? (1936)
True Love (1937)
Love's Triumph (1937)

NOVELS AS ROBERT CAINE FRAZER
(Collins unless stated)
Mark Kilby Novels
Mark Kilby Takes a Risk (1962 Pocket Books pb, US)
R.I.S.C. (1962)
The Secret Syndicate (1963)
The Hollywood Hoax (1964)
The Miami Mob and Mark Kilby Stands Alone (1965)

NOVELS AS PATRICK GILL
(All published by Mellifont paperbacks)
The Fighting Footballers (1937)
The Laughing Lightweight (1937)
The Battle for the Cup (1939)
The Fighting Tramp (1939)
The Mystery of the Centre Forward (1939)
The £10,000 Trophy Race (1939)
The Secret Super-Charger (1940)

NOVELS AS MICHAEL HALLIDAY
Three for Adventure (1937 Cassell)
Four Find Danger (1937 Cassell)
Two Meet trouble (1938 Cassell)

Published by Stanley Paul
Murder Comes Home (1940)
Heir to Murder (1940)
Murder By the Way (1940)
Who Saw Him Die ? (1941)
Foul Play Suspected (1942)
Who Died at the Grange ? (1942)
Five to Kill (1943)
Murder at King's Kitchen (1943)
No Crime More Cruel (1944)
Who Said Murder (1944)
Crime with Many Voices (1945)
Murder Makes Murder (1946)
Mystery Motive (1947)
Lend a Hand to Murder (1947)
First Murder (1948)
No End to Danger (1948)
Who Killed Rebecca ? (1949)

Published by Evans
The Dying Witness (1949)
Dine with Murder (1950)
Murder Weekend (1950)
Quarrel with Murder (1951)

Published by Hodder & Stoughton
Death out of Darkness (1954)
Out of the Shadows (1954)
Cat and Mouse (1955)
[Filmed in 1958]
Murder at End House (1955)
Death of a Stranger (1957)
Runaway (1957)
Murder Assured (1958)
Missing from Home (1957)
Thicker Than Water (1959)
Go Ahead with Murder (1960)
How Many to Kill ? (1960)
The Edge of Terror (1961)
The Man I Killed (1961)
Hate to Kill (1962)
The Quiet Fear (1963)
The Guilt of Innocence (1964)
Fane Brothers Novels
Take a Body (1951 Evans)
Lame Dog Murders (1952 Evans)
Murder in the Stars (1953)
Man on the Run (1953)
Dr Emmanuel Cellini Novels
Cunning as a Fox (1965)
Wicked as the Devil (1966)
Sly as a Serpent (1967)
Cruel as a Cat (1968)
Too Good to Be True (1969)
A period of Evil (1970)
As Lonely as the Damned (1971)
As Empty as Hate (1972)
As Merry as Hell (1973)
This Man Did I Kill ? (1974)
The Man who was Not Himself (1976)

NOVELS AS KYLE HUNT
Kill Once, Kill Twice (1957 Barker)
Kill a Wicked Man (1958 Barker)
Kill My Love (1959 T V Boardman)
To Kill a Killer (1960 T V Boardman)

NOVELS AS PETER MANTON
(All published by Wright & Brown)
Murder Manor (1937)
The Greyvale School Mystery (1937 Sampson Low)
Stand By for Danger (1937)
The Circle of Justice (1938)
Three Days' terror (1938)
The Crime Syndicate (1939)
Death Looks On (1939)
Murder in the Highlands (1939)
The Midget Marvel (1940 Mellifont pb)
Policeman's Triumph (1948)
Thief in the Night (1950)
No escape from Murder (1953)
The Crooked Killer (1954)
The Charity Killers (1954)

NOVELS AS J J MARRIC
(All published by Hodder & Stoughton)
Gideon's Day (1955)
[Filmed in 1958]
Gideon's Week (1956)
Gideon's Night (1957)
Gideon's Month (1958)
Gideon's Staff (1959)
Gideon's Risk (1960)
Gideon's Fire (1961)
Gideon's March (1962) (1962 Harper NY)
Gideon's Ride (1963)
Giedon's Vote (1964)
Gideon's Lot (1965)
Gideon's Badge (1966)
Gideon's Wrath (1967)
Gideon's River (1968)
Gideon's Power (1969)
Gideon's Sport (1970)
Gideon's Art (1971)
Gideon's Men (1972)
Gideon's Press (1973)
Gideon's Fog (1975)
Gideon's Drive (1976)

NOVELS AS RICHARD MARTIN
Keys to crime (1947 Earl)
Vote to Murder (1948 Earl)
Adrian and Jonathan (1954 Hodder & Stoughton)


NOVELS AS ANTHONY MORTON
The Baron Books
Meet the Baron (1937 Harrap)
The Baron Returns (1937 Harrap)
Sampson Low from here on
The Baron Again (1938)
The Baron at Bay (1938)
Alias the Baron (1939)
The Baron at Large (1939)
Versus the Baron (1940)
Call for the Baron (1940)
The Baron Comes Back (1943)
A Case for the Baron (1945)
Reward for the Baron (1945)
Career for the Baron (1946)
The Baron and the Beggar (1947)
Blame the Baron (1948)
A Rope for the Baron (1948)
Books for the Baron (1949)
Cry for the Baron (1950)
Trap the Baron (1950)
Attack the Baron (1951)
Shadow the Baron (1951)
Warn the Baron (1952)
The Baron Goes East (1953)
The Baron Books
Hodder & Stoughton from here on
The Baron France (1953)
Danger for the Baron (1953)
The Baron Goes Fast (1954)
Nest-Egg for the Baron (1954)
Help from the Baron (1955)
Hide the Baron (1956)
Frame the Baron (1957)
Red Eye for the Baron (1958)
Black for the Baron (1959)
Salute for the Baron (1960)
A Branch for the Baron (1961)
Bad for the Baron (1962)
A Sword for the Baron (1963)
The Baron on Board (1964)
The Baron and the Chinese Puzzle (1964)
Sport for the Baron (1966) (1969 Walker, NY)
Affair for the Baron (1967)
The Baron and the Missing Old Masters (1968)
The Baron and the Unfinished Portrait (1969)
Last Laugh for the Baron (1970)
The Baron Goes A-Buying (1971)
The Baron and the Arrogant Artist (1972)
Burgle the Baron (1973)
The Baron, King-Maker (1975)
Love for the Baron (1979)

NOVELS AS KEN RANGER
One Shot Marriott (1938 Sampson Low)
Roaring Guns (1939 Sampson Low)

NOVELS AS WILLIAM K REILLY
Range War (1939 Stanley Paul)
Two-Gun Texan (1939 SP)
Gun Feud (1940 SP)
Stolen Range (1940 SP)
War on Lazy K (1941 SP)
Outlaw's Vengeance (1941 SP)
Guns Over Blue Lake (1942 Jenkins)
Riders of Dry Gulch (1943 Jenkins)
Long John Rides the Range (1944 Jenkins)
Miracle Range (1945 Jenkins)
Secret of the Range (1946 Jenkins)
Outlaws Guns (1949 Earl)
Range Vengeance (1953 Ward Lock)

NOVELS AS TEX RILEY
(All published by Wright & Brown)
Two-Gun Girl (1938)
Gun-Smoke Range (1938)
Gunshot Mesa (1939)
The Shootin' Sheriff (1940)
Masked Riders (1940)
Rustler's Range (1940)
Death Canyon (1941)
Guns on the Range (1942)
Range Justice (1943)
Outlaw Hollow (1944)
Hidden Range (1946 Earl)
Forgotten Range (1947 Earl)
trigger Justice (1948 Earl)
Lynch Hollow (1949 Earl)

NOVELS AS JEREMY YORK
By Persons Unknown (1941 Bles)
Murder Unseen (1943 Bles)
Published by Melrose
No Alibi (1944)
Murder in the Family (1944)
Yesterday's Murder (1945)
Death to My Killer (1950)
Sentence of Death (1950)
Voyage to Death (1952)
Safari With Murder (1953)
Published by Stanley Paul
So Soon to Die (1955)
Seeds of Murder (1956)
Sight of Death (1956)
Published by Long
My Brother's Killer (1958)
Hide and Kill (1959)
To Kill or To Die (1960)
Superintendant Folly Novels
(Published by Melrose)
Find the Body (1945)
Murder Came Late (1946)
Run Away with Murder (1947)
Let's Kill Uncle Lionel (1947)

OTHERS
The Dark Shadow (nd. Fiction House pb) - by Rodney Mattheson
The House of Ferrars (nd. Fiction House pb) - by Rodney Mattheson
Four Motives for Murder (1938 Newnes pb) - by Brian Hope
Triple Murder (1940 Newnes pb) - by Colin Hughes
Murder on Largo island (1944 Selwyn & Blount) - by Charles Hogarth, with Ian Bowen
Danger Woman (1966 Pocket Books US) - by Abel Mann

CHILDRENS
Ned Cartwright, Middleweight Champion (1935 Mellifont pb) - by James Marsden

NON-FICTION
Fighting Was My Business by Jimmy Wilde (1938 Michael Joseph) - ghosted by Creasey
Log of a Merchant Airman (1943 Stanley Paul ) - with John H Lock
Heroes of the Air : A tribute to the Courage, Sacrifice & Skill of the Men of the RAF
(1943 Dorset Wings for Victory Committee pb)
The Printer's Devil (1943 Hutchinson) - with Walter Hutchinson
Man in Danger (1950 Stanley Paul pb) - by "Credo"
Round the World in 465 (1953 Hale) - with Jean Creasey
Let's Look at America (1956 Hale) - with Jean, Martin & Richard Creasey
They Didn't Mean to Kill : The Real Story of Road Accidents (1960 Hodder & Stoughton)
Optimists in Africa (1963 Timmins) - with Jean, Martin & Richard Creasey
African Holiday (1963 Timmins)
Good, God and Man : An Outline of the Philosophy of Selfism (1967 Hodder & Stoughton)
Evolution to Democracy (1969 Hodder & Stoughton)

AS EDITOR
Action Stations ! An Account of the HMS Dorsetshire & Her Earlier Namesakes (1942 Long)
The Mystery Bedside Book : Vols 1-6 (1960-5 Hodder & Stoughton)
Crimes Across the Sea : The 19th Annual Anthology of the Mystery Writers of America
(1964 Longman)

Creasey also edited and published the monthly Creasy Mystery Magazine