John Creasey: 198 books

The Honourable Richard Rollison, (aka ‘The Toff’) once more faces death, but this time by the most horrible of causes: fire. He is on the trail of the kidnapper of a young child and up against the most chilling of opponents. Threatened shooting, murder, and the unexpected disappearance of Rollison...

The detectives of Britain’s Department Z look into a murder at an exclusive club.   Sir Basil Riordon is mysterious, frightening, and immensely wealthy. But is he also a killer? As head of England’s elite secret service, Department Z, Gordon Craigie has to find out, but it won’t be an easy...

A terrifying international plot threatens the agents of Britain’s Department Z in this tale of suspense from an Edgar Award–winning author.   Leopold Gorman studies the World Economic Conference with interest—and then picks five rich and powerful men to bring his plan to fruition. If any one...

A mysterious symbol is the key to a murder case in this classic suspense tale by the Edgar Award–winning author.   Gordon Craigie and Department Z—the squad of top-secret detectives within British intelligence—are embroiled in a desperate investigation involving drugs and murder. How will the...

It all started with the murder of a foreign ambassador in a deserted country mansion . . .   Tensions are running high in Europe—and it’s crucial that the killers responsible for this baffling murder are stopped before they bring about a crisis of unspeakable proportions. It’s time for British...

A tale of murder and international intrigue from the multimillion-selling, award-winning author.   Looking forward to a relaxing afternoon away from the trials of Department Z, Bob Kerr eagerly awaits the arrival of fellow agent Lois Dacre. He is temporarily amused by the sight of a passerby oddly...

The adventure that brought two intrepid cousins into the service of the department of British intelligence known as Z . . .   Desperate to escape the suffocating heat of London, cousins Mark and Mike Errol set out for Richmond for a relaxing boat ride. Little did they know their peaceful afternoon...

An international criminal spells trouble for the agents of Britain’s Department Z, in this suspenseful mystery from an Edgar Award–winning author.   Marius Krotz is notorious for his ability to cause a stir. A former revolutionary turned right-hand-man to the king of a small European country,...

Richard Rollison, otherwise known as the Toff, has become lethargic. Even his passion for solving difficult criminal cases seems to have waned. Aunt Gloria arranges a birthday party so as to cheer him up, but it ends in disaster as one of his souvenirs - a tube of arsenic - disappears, with the contents...

A mysterious message signals an international threat in this World War II thriller by an Edgar Award–winning author. A French refugee is washed up on the English coast. Feverish, delirious, he babbles incoherently to the men who find him. A single phrase, repeated: “Loftus, spell it backwards.” This...

It’s a time of shortage and rationing. The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is in the army, but gets permission to visit his aunt, Lady Matilda Wirrington, who is supposedly on her death bed. Had she died, things would have been different, but as it was a recovery led from one thing...

Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff) is ordinarily used to helping solve crimes and injustices perpetrated on others. Upon this occasion, however, he find himself in hiding and faced with a charge of murder he didn’t commit. Whilst on holiday, he had befriended a girl who is not all she appears to...

The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) finds himself involved in a search for a lost relative – there is a large inheritance at stake. However, the aunt of the beautiful heiress is found murdered and the search for who might be prepared to go to such lengths in order to get their hands...

The Toff (the ‘Honourable Richard Rollison’) is in disguise as a helper at a holiday camp. He has been hired to pose undercover in order to investigate the mysterious disappearance of three male entertainers, or ‘Red Coats’ as they are known within the camp. He is assisted by the beautiful...