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The Toff is visiting Easton Hall, a quiet country hotel. It is more suited to the retired looking for rest than excitement, but upon this occasion does not live up to its reputation. A man is found dead in the swimming pool, and ‘The Toff's’ friend Teddy Merchant disappears. He must solve what turns out to be a multi-layered mystery.
At the famous London waxworks museum there was a model of the ‘The Toff’, albeit in the Chamber of Horrors. The Toff viewed the blonde artist, Daffodil, as a brainless sexpot. The model was then damaged, Daffodil disappeared, the museum was in uproar, and the Toff was involved with some quite unpredictable girls – and death!
Will Hall had been kidnapped and the Honourable Richard Rollison, known by the apt if absurd soubriquet of The 'Toff' is soon on the scene, but not before a murdered man falls into Valerie Hall's arms. Action and a rich private eye and the NYPD all on the case, with the Toff tracking Dutch Himmy, surely the worst man in New York . . . .
The Honourable Richard Rollison, (aka ‘The Toff’) is once again on the cricket field, indulging in one of his favourite pastimes, when he is called away. A girl has been kidnapped and her life is in danger. He has to find a way through hidden secrets from a grim past in order to solve this series of crimes.
Towards the end of World War II elements of the German High Command flee to Japan. Dr. Palfrey leaves for the East disguised as a German officer. He seeks ‘The Colony of the Fourth Reich’ believed to be situated in China. His disguise uncovered, he must find a way out with vital information that will affect the whole outcome of the war.
Roger ‘Handsome’ West of Scotland Yard is called to help solve a double murder in a printing works. The victims were lovers and suspicion falls on the woman’s husband. Then the works is sabotaged and there is a further murder. The local police are not impressed by West’s methods, and he realises there is more to this case than he thought.
A pattern is developing – murder committed by a man who stops cars being driven by prosperous businessmen – and Roger (‘Handsome’) West of Scotland Yard must solve the case. West has problems in getting to the truth as people he is trying to protect lie, and his assistant falls in love with a witness. Meanwhile, the murderer is at large ...
The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery by B. Murphy Pdf
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.
Jim Mellor contemplates suicide. His fiancée, Judith, is distraught. His disappearance, following being accused of murder, may have some explanation in the fact that another woman, Clarissa Arden, also knows a James Mellor who is more than capable of committing murder. Can ‘The Toff’ rescue the situation and save the life of an innocent man?
This is an encyclopedic work, arranged by broad categories and then by original authors, of literary pastiches in which fictional characters have reappeared in new works after the deaths of the authors that created them. It includes book series that have continued under a deceased writer's real or pen name, undisguised offshoots issued under the new writer's name, posthumous collaborations in which a deceased author's unfinished manuscript is completed by another writer, unauthorized pastiches, and "biographies" of literary characters. The authors and works are entered under the following categories: Action and Adventure, Classics (18th Century and Earlier), Classics (19th Century), Classics (20th Century), Crime and Mystery, Espionage, Fantasy and Horror, Humor, Juveniles (19th Century), Juveniles (20th Century), Poets, Pulps, Romances, Science Fiction and Westerns. Each original author entry includes a short biography, a list of original works, and information on the pastiches based on the author's characters.
Three agents in West Africa die and one of Dr. Palfrey’s friends has suddenly lost weight. Behind both events is an organisation using a drug that puts world domination within the reach. Blackmail ensues and Palfrey must deal with what could be the worst situation he has ever faced; a brutal conspiracy that threatens the lives of millions.
Palfrey Versus The League of Light by John Creasey Pdf
A Darwin explorer, Keith Young, believes he has found radioactivity in a mysterious 'forbidden city', inside an aboriginal reserve. The rock formations are shaped like battlements, towers, walls and streets. At night the "city" glowed with an eerie light, which he considers to be radioactive in origin.
Dr. Palfrey is faced with one of the most difficult problems and a more powerful adversary than he has previously met. A mysterious disease strikes down some of the world’s most powerful figures; then their daughters also become victims. Palfrey and Z5 have to prevent domination of the planet by an irresponsible power and fearful new weapons.
John Mannering (aka ‘The Baron’) owns Quinns, dealing in antique and precious stones. Used to solving seemingly impossible crimes, this time he is the victim. A man seizes diamonds, strikes ‘The Baron’, and makes off. Mannering is taken to hospital and whilst Scotland Yard is working hard on the case, they have very little to go on.
