John Creasey: 198 books

From an Edgar Award–winning author: Someone is trying to force Britain to declare war—but with what motive?   British armaments are being systematically destroyed, and the list of suspects stretches worldwide. Working alongside the British government, secret service agency Department Z is struggling...

The first in the series featuring British intelligence’s elite detectives by the Edgar Award–winning author.   Millions of lives are at stake if a sinister international conspiracy succeeds. It’s up to England’s elite detective agency, Department Z, to make sure that doesn’t happen.   They’ve...

An American gangster brings his bloody business to 1930s Britain in this suspenseful thriller from an Edgar Award–winning author. Amateur boxer Martin Storm’s visit to New York seemed like it was a success. That is, until his car was machine-gunned and the police had to smuggle him out...

The greed of one man leads to the death of others in this action-packed mystery featuring British intelligence’s secret detective squad.   When two impossibly rich oil tycoons are found murdered in their own homes, a matter of life and death becomes one of national security. Jim Burke of Department...

Three men meet on the outskirts of London to hatch a plan to steal the wealth of a nation in this thriller by an Edgar Award–winning author.   They are three ordinary-seeming men—one fat, one tall, one thin. But their goal is anything but ordinary, and they have no regard for the chaos and horror...

Another in the classic series filled with mystery, murder, and British espionage from the Edgar Award–winning author.   Some parts of the secret service are more secret than others, and Department Z is among them. Now, its founder, Gordon Craigie; top agent Loftus; and their compatriots must face...

International blackmailers are scheming to rupture relations between Britain and the United States—but Bill Loftus of Department Z is hot on their trail . . . With America’s most powerful industrialists, British peers of the realm, and agents of unknown power all entangled in a conspiracy,...

A thrilling mystery set against the backdrop of the Blitz in WWII England, by an Edgar Award–winning author. England, 1941. Terror from the Germans’ constant bombing is spreading through the nation, as homes, cities, and morale are reduced to little more than rubble. Worn down and defeated,...

The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is called upon to solve the mystery of a young and terrified French girl who is found wandering in London’s East End. Is she pretending, or really frightened? Part of the answer is supplied by a woman who is afraid for her life, and a man who...

The Honourable Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) had been playing rugby at Taunton. About to head off back to London he discovered a woman in the back seat of his car. She had apparently sought him out and was determined to meet him. A curious story then emerged as to why Alice Hellier was frightened...

The Toff (the ‘Honourable Richard Rawlinson’) is faced with a complex mystery seemingly centred on a gang in the East End of London. Why on earth would someone steal the hair from three lovely heads? Yet this is one of the most difficult cases ‘The Toff’ has been presented with. One clue after...

It’s a race against time to rescue a kidnapped scientist in this suspenseful tale by an Edgar Award–winning author. The world is under threat of destruction. As the politicians hedge their bets with atomic weapons, it seems no one is safe. The only hope? A brilliant professor who...

A secret fascist organisation intends to attack a dock-gate meeting of workers and Commander Gideon of Scotland Yard has the job of ensuring the police both maintain law and order and maintain impartiality, not provoking either side. At the same time, brutal murder is occurring behind an anti-immigration...

Nine suburban housewives are found murdered in their homes, and all have been raped. The evidence points to one Cedric Fadiman. Gideon is called upon to investigate and is depressed not only by the sickening nature of the crimes, but also the unintended interference with his first ever visit to New...