The Baron Goes East

The Baron Goes East

Author: John Creasey

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2014-04-22

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 0755145429

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A gripping mystery in which John Mannering flies out to India to help an old friend. There is a Maharajah who seeks credit, a dealer in jewels whose main interest is drugs, and an attempted detention. The Baron and his friend both have enemies — dealing not just in diamonds, but also death.


The Toff Goes to Market

The Toff Goes to Market

Author: John Creasey

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2015-09-20

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 0755138317

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It’s a time of shortage and rationing. The Toff is in the army, but gets permission to visit his aunt who is supposedly on her death bed. Had she died, things would have been different, but as it was a recovery led to an investigation of the black market and wholesale murder, with both ‘The Toff’ and Scotland Yard battling those involved.


Go Away To Murder

Go Away To Murder

Author: John Creasey

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2012-11-23

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 0755134257

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Inspector West embarks upon a rest cure, but finds no change as blackmail, kidnap, and multiple murder still dominate his life. There is also an adversary well known to him, but he dare not make an arrest .... for now! Full of action and danger, this is one of the best 'West' novels.


Here Comes the Toff

Here Comes the Toff

Author: John Creasey

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2013-11-04

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 075513740X

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Every social call brings Richard Rollison, aka ‘The Toff’, closer to death in this thriller that is dominated by characters from all ends of the spectrum. As ‘The Toff’ leaves his calling cards a killer’s pace grows and his confidence with it. Can ‘The Toff’ escape death himself and at the same time unravel the mystery?


His Own Theft

His Own Theft

Author: John Creasey

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2015-05-01

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 0755153820

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John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) is a retired jewel thief and cracksman. A new generation of criminals see him as an obvious target – can they outsmart the man who was a legend amongst their fraternity in his time? They find, however, that robbing their ‘man’ isn’t quite as easy as they might have hoped, in a tale that has an unexpected twist.


The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery

The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery

Author: B. Murphy

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1999-12-09

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 0230107354

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Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.


Into The Trap

Into The Trap

Author: John Creasey

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2015-04-01

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 0755155017

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John Mannering - alias The Baron – picks up the telephone and hears a frightened man on the line. When he answers the front door he finds a superbly confidant woman standing there. She had been robbed of diamonds and needs Mannering's help. Are the two matters linked? As the story unfolds ‘The Baron’ and his wife are put in grave danger.


The Unfinished Portrait

The Unfinished Portrait

Author: John Creasey

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2015-05-01

Total Pages: 167

ISBN-13: 0755155432

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As John Mannering's wife paints a portrait of a celebrated beauty, Lady Deirdre Vandemeyer, she begins to doubt the authenticity of her subject. Then she is stabbed and Mannering (aka 'The Baron') goes undercover as a personal assistant to try and get to the bottom of the mystery. What he discovers sets the mind reeling and as always keeps the reader enthralled to the very last moment.


What To Do?

What To Do?

Author: John Creasey

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2014-11-01

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13: 0755152271

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John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) is an ex-cracksman, who is now ‘straight’, and also acts to solve crimes. His wife learns that Quinns, a curio shop in London’s Mayfair is for sale, and urges him to buy it. His attempt to do so, however, is shrouded in mystery, and the police wonder if he has once again turned his hand to his old profession.


The Chinese Puzzle

The Chinese Puzzle

Author: John Creasey

Publisher: House of Stratus

Published: 2015-05-01

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 075514550X

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John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) is a retired jewel thief who now runs a respectable antique business in London’s Mayfair. His curiosity is aroused when he is invited to Hong Kong by a dealer to view a unique exhibition of Chinese art, but is even more astounded by the lengths someone is prepared to go to so as to prevent him attending.