John Creasey
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John Creasey MBE was an English
crime and science fiction writer. The author of more than 600 novels, he published them using 28 different pseudonyms, including Anthony Morton, Michael Halliday, Kyle Hunt, J.J. Marric, Jeremy York, Richard Martin, Peter Manton, Norman Deane, Gordon Ashe, Henry St. John Cooper, Credo, Robert Caine Frazer, James Marsden, Colin Hughes, Martin Richard, Rodney Mattheson, Brian Hope, Abel Mann and others, including Westerns
under the names of Tex Riley, William K. Reilly, Jimmy Wilde and Ken Ranger, and Romantic novels
by the names of Margaret Cooke, M.E. Cooke, and Elise Fecamps.
He created several characters which are now famous, such as The Toff
, Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard
, Inspector Roger West, The Baron, and Doctor Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey. The most popular of these was Gideon of Scotland Yard
, who was the basis for the television series Gideon's Way
and for the John Ford
movie Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958), also known by its British title Gideon's Day
. The Baron character was made into a 1960s TV series starring Steve Forrest
as The Baron
.
The Gideon's Way
television series was produced from 1964 to 1966 in the UK, based on the Commander George Gideon character. From 1965 to 1966 a television version of Creasey's The Baron character was produced, starring Steve Forrest as The Baron
. Between 1967 and 1971 the BBC produced a radio version of Creasey's Roger West stories with actor Patrick Allen
in the title role as Scotland Yard
Chief Inspector
Roger "Handsome" West, with Allen's real-life wife Sarah Lawson playing the role of West's wife Janet.
In 1938, he created the character The Toff
with the first novel Introducing the Toff. The Toff series would continue for 59 novels from 1938 to 1978. The Toff was The Honourable Richard Rollison, who was born a "toff", a courtesy title given to the eldest sons of Viscounts and Barons. He is an aristocrat and an amateur sleuth and detective.
During World War II, he created the character of Dr. Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey, a British secret service agent, who forms Z5, a secret underground group that owes its allegiance to the Allies. The first novel of the Dr. Palfrey series, consisting of 34 titles, was Traitor's Doom, published in 1942 by John Long, while the last was The Whirlwind in 1979.
In 1962, Creasey won an Edgar Award
for Best Novel, from the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), for Gideon's Fire, written under the pseudonym J. J. Marric. In 1969 he received the MWA's greatest honor, the Grand Master Award.
Several movies have been made based on John Creasey novels: Salute the Toff (1952, also known as Brighthaven Express in the USA), Hammer the Toff (1952), John Ford
's Gideon's Day
(1958, also known as Gideon of Scotland Yard in the USA), released by Columbia Pictures, and Cat and Mouse (1958, also known as The Desperate Men in the USA), written as Michael Halliday.
He died at Salisbury
, Wiltshire
in 1973.
In 2007, his family transferred all of Creasey's copyrights and other legal rights to Owatonna Media. Owatonna Media on-sold these copyrights to Coolabi Plc in 2009, but retained a master licence in radio and audio rights. These rights are commercially licensed in the UK and abroad.
John's son Richard is a distinguished television producer, having served both in the private sector and at the BBC, and as the British producer of Patrick Watson's worldwide Canadian television documentary series The Struggle for Democracy
party member though he later became an independent. He said that he had been organising Liberal street-corner meetings from the age of 12. At the time of the 1945 general election Creasey was Chairman of the local Liberal Association in Bournemouth where his publicity and writing skills were instrumental in helping the Liberals to an atypical second place. He was adopted as prospective parliamentary candidate for Bournemouth West in 1946 and appeared on the platform at the 1947 Liberal Assembly, which was held in Bournemouth.
He fought Bournemouth West in the 1950 general election
, coming third. He became increasingly unhappy with the party through the 1950s though and disagreed so much with the party's policy concerning the Suez Crisis
he resigned his membership. However after the Orpington by-election success of 1962
and impressed with Jo Grimond's leadership of the party he seemed to be reviving his Liberal activity. By January 1966 however, he had founded the All Party Alliance
, a pressure group which sought to unite the best people from all parties.
Creasey fought by-elections as an independent in support of this idea in 1967 at Nuneaton
, Brierley Hill
and Manchester Gorton
. He also fought Oldham West
during the by-election
of June 1968. He did well for an independent with the first-past-the-post system, having limited resources and often little time to campaign.
In Oldham West he beat his old party's candidate into fourth place. He could not seem to shed his affection for the Liberal party however, congratulating Birmingham Ladywood by-election victor Wallace Lawler
in July 1969 and attending the 1969 party assembly albeit to promote All Party Alliance aims.
(CWA) in the UK. The CWA New Blood Dagger was awarded in memory of CWA founder John Creasey, this dagger for first books by previously unpublished writers is sponsored by BBC Audiobooks and includes a prize of £1000. This award was known previously as the John Creasey Memorial Dagger.
(MBE) for services in the United Kingdom's National Savings
Movement during World War II
.
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
crime and science fiction writer. The author of more than 600 novels, he published them using 28 different pseudonyms, including Anthony Morton, Michael Halliday, Kyle Hunt, J.J. Marric, Jeremy York, Richard Martin, Peter Manton, Norman Deane, Gordon Ashe, Henry St. John Cooper, Credo, Robert Caine Frazer, James Marsden, Colin Hughes, Martin Richard, Rodney Mattheson, Brian Hope, Abel Mann and others, including Westerns
Western fiction
Western fiction is a genre of literature set in the American Old West frontier and typically set from the late eighteenth to the late nineteenth century. Well-known writers of Western fiction include Zane Grey from the early 1900s and Louis L'Amour from the mid 20th century...
under the names of Tex Riley, William K. Reilly, Jimmy Wilde and Ken Ranger, and Romantic novels
Romance novel
The romance novel is a literary genre developed in Western culture, mainly in English-speaking countries. Novels in this genre place their primary focus on the relationship and romantic love between two people, and must have an "emotionally satisfying and optimistic ending." Through the late...
by the names of Margaret Cooke, M.E. Cooke, and Elise Fecamps.
He created several characters which are now famous, such as The Toff
The Toff
In the series of adventure novels by John Creasey, the Toff is the nickname of the Honourable Richard Rollison, an upper-class crime sleuth. Creasey published almost 60 Toff adventures, beginning with Introducing the Toff in 1938 and continuing through The Toff and the Crooked Copper, published in...
, Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard
Gideon of Scotland Yard
Commander George Gideon of London's Scotland Yard is a fictional policeman created by John Creasey under the pseudonym J.J. Marric. He appeared in the first of 26 police procedural novels by Creasey, Gideon's Day, in 1955.- The character :...
, Inspector Roger West, The Baron, and Doctor Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey. The most popular of these was Gideon of Scotland Yard
Gideon of Scotland Yard
Commander George Gideon of London's Scotland Yard is a fictional policeman created by John Creasey under the pseudonym J.J. Marric. He appeared in the first of 26 police procedural novels by Creasey, Gideon's Day, in 1955.- The character :...
, who was the basis for the television series Gideon's Way
Gideon's Way
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey . The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series...
and for the John Ford
John Ford
John Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...
movie Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958), also known by its British title Gideon's Day
Gideon's Day (film)
Gideon's Day is a 1958 British crime film directed by John Ford and starring Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster and Cyril Cusack. An adaptation of John Creasey's novel of the same name it is the first film to feature the character George Gideon of Scotland Yard, here played by Jack Hawkins. A police...
. The Baron character was made into a 1960s TV series starring Steve Forrest
Steve Forrest
-Biography:Born William Forrest Andrews in Huntsville, Texas, Forrest is the younger brother of the late movie actor Dana Andrews. Among Forrest's notable films are So Big, for which he won the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor, The Longest Day, North Dallas Forty, and Mommie...
as The Baron
The Baron
The Baron is a British television series, made in 1965/66 based on the book series by John Creasey, written under the pseudonym Anthony Morton, and produced by ITC Entertainment. It was the first ITC show without marionettes to be produced entirely in colour...
.
Life and career
John Creasey was born in Southfields, Surrey, to a working-class family. He was the seventh of nine children of Ruth and Joseph Creasey, a poor coach maker. Creasey was educated at Fulhan Elementary School and Sloane School, both in London. From 1923 to 1935 he worked various clerical, factory, and sales jobs while trying to establish himself as a writer. After a number of rejections, Creasey's first book was published in 1930. His first crime novel, Seven Times Seven, was published in January, 1932 by Melrose. It was a story about a gang of criminals. In 1935 he became a full-time writer. In 1937 alone, twenty-nine of his books were published. A phenomenally fast writer, he once suggested that he could be shut up in a glass-box and write there a whole book.The Gideon's Way
Gideon's Way
Gideon's Way is a British television crime series made by ITC Entertainment in 1964/65, based on the novels by John Creasey . The series was made at Elstree in twin production with The Saint TV series...
television series was produced from 1964 to 1966 in the UK, based on the Commander George Gideon character. From 1965 to 1966 a television version of Creasey's The Baron character was produced, starring Steve Forrest as The Baron
The Baron
The Baron is a British television series, made in 1965/66 based on the book series by John Creasey, written under the pseudonym Anthony Morton, and produced by ITC Entertainment. It was the first ITC show without marionettes to be produced entirely in colour...
. Between 1967 and 1971 the BBC produced a radio version of Creasey's Roger West stories with actor Patrick Allen
Patrick Allen
John Keith Patrick Allen was a British film, television and voice actor.-Life and career:Allen was born in Nyasaland , where his father was a tobacco farmer. After his parents returned to Britain, he was evacuated to Canada during World War II where he remained to finish his education at McGill...
in the title role as Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard
Scotland Yard is a metonym for the headquarters of the Metropolitan Police Service of London, UK. It derives from the location of the original Metropolitan Police headquarters at 4 Whitehall Place, which had a rear entrance on a street called Great Scotland Yard. The Scotland Yard entrance became...
Chief Inspector
Chief inspector
Chief inspector is a rank used in police forces which follow the British model. In countries outside Britain, it is sometimes referred to as chief inspector of police .-Australia:...
Roger "Handsome" West, with Allen's real-life wife Sarah Lawson playing the role of West's wife Janet.
In 1938, he created the character The Toff
The Toff
In the series of adventure novels by John Creasey, the Toff is the nickname of the Honourable Richard Rollison, an upper-class crime sleuth. Creasey published almost 60 Toff adventures, beginning with Introducing the Toff in 1938 and continuing through The Toff and the Crooked Copper, published in...
with the first novel Introducing the Toff. The Toff series would continue for 59 novels from 1938 to 1978. The Toff was The Honourable Richard Rollison, who was born a "toff", a courtesy title given to the eldest sons of Viscounts and Barons. He is an aristocrat and an amateur sleuth and detective.
During World War II, he created the character of Dr. Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey, a British secret service agent, who forms Z5, a secret underground group that owes its allegiance to the Allies. The first novel of the Dr. Palfrey series, consisting of 34 titles, was Traitor's Doom, published in 1942 by John Long, while the last was The Whirlwind in 1979.
In 1962, Creasey won an Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
for Best Novel, from the Mystery Writers of America (MWA), for Gideon's Fire, written under the pseudonym J. J. Marric. In 1969 he received the MWA's greatest honor, the Grand Master Award.
Several movies have been made based on John Creasey novels: Salute the Toff (1952, also known as Brighthaven Express in the USA), Hammer the Toff (1952), John Ford
John Ford
John Ford was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath...
's Gideon's Day
Gideon's Day
Gideon's Day is the first in a series of police procedural novels by John Creasey writing as J.J. Marric. Published in 1955, it features a day in the professional life of Detective Superintendent George Gideon of the C.I.D., Scotland Yard. In later books in the series, Gideon has been promoted to...
(1958, also known as Gideon of Scotland Yard in the USA), released by Columbia Pictures, and Cat and Mouse (1958, also known as The Desperate Men in the USA), written as Michael Halliday.
He died at Salisbury
Salisbury
Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire, England and the only city in the county. It is the second largest settlement in the county...
, Wiltshire
Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is landlocked and borders the counties of Dorset, Somerset, Hampshire, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire. It contains the unitary authority of Swindon and covers...
in 1973.
In 2007, his family transferred all of Creasey's copyrights and other legal rights to Owatonna Media. Owatonna Media on-sold these copyrights to Coolabi Plc in 2009, but retained a master licence in radio and audio rights. These rights are commercially licensed in the UK and abroad.
John's son Richard is a distinguished television producer, having served both in the private sector and at the BBC, and as the British producer of Patrick Watson's worldwide Canadian television documentary series The Struggle for Democracy
Political career
As well as being an author, Creasey was a committed LiberalLiberal Party (UK)
The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties of the United Kingdom during the 19th and early 20th centuries. It was a third party of negligible importance throughout the latter half of the 20th Century, before merging with the Social Democratic Party in 1988 to form the present day...
party member though he later became an independent. He said that he had been organising Liberal street-corner meetings from the age of 12. At the time of the 1945 general election Creasey was Chairman of the local Liberal Association in Bournemouth where his publicity and writing skills were instrumental in helping the Liberals to an atypical second place. He was adopted as prospective parliamentary candidate for Bournemouth West in 1946 and appeared on the platform at the 1947 Liberal Assembly, which was held in Bournemouth.
He fought Bournemouth West in the 1950 general election
United Kingdom general election, 1950
The 1950 United Kingdom general election was the first general election ever after a full term of a Labour government. Despite polling over one and a half million votes more than the Conservatives, the election, held on 23 February 1950 resulted in Labour receiving a slim majority of just five...
, coming third. He became increasingly unhappy with the party through the 1950s though and disagreed so much with the party's policy concerning the Suez Crisis
Suez Crisis
The Suez Crisis, also referred to as the Tripartite Aggression, Suez War was an offensive war fought by France, the United Kingdom, and Israel against Egypt beginning on 29 October 1956. Less than a day after Israel invaded Egypt, Britain and France issued a joint ultimatum to Egypt and Israel,...
he resigned his membership. However after the Orpington by-election success of 1962
Orpington by-election, 1962
The Orpington by-election of 1962 is often described as the start of the Liberal Party revival in the United Kingdom.The election was caused by the appointment of Donald Sumner, Conservative Party Member of Parliament for Orpington as a County Court Judge...
and impressed with Jo Grimond's leadership of the party he seemed to be reviving his Liberal activity. By January 1966 however, he had founded the All Party Alliance
All Party Alliance
The All Party Alliance was a political party in the United Kingdom. It was founded in January 1966 by the well-known writer John Creasey. Its the main policies were a national government by the best members of each party, and the running of industry by councils including workers, managers,...
, a pressure group which sought to unite the best people from all parties.
Creasey fought by-elections as an independent in support of this idea in 1967 at Nuneaton
Nuneaton (UK Parliament constituency)
Nuneaton is a county constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.- Pre-2010 :...
, Brierley Hill
Brierley Hill (UK Parliament constituency)
Brierley Hill parliamentary constituency was located in the West Midlands of England. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.- History :...
and Manchester Gorton
Manchester Gorton (UK Parliament constituency)
Manchester, Gorton is a parliamentary constituency in the city of Manchester, represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election.-1885–1918:...
. He also fought Oldham West
Oldham West (UK Parliament constituency)
Oldham West was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Oldham in the north-west of Greater Manchester. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
during the by-election
Oldham West by-election, 1968
The Oldham West by-election for the British House of Commons took place on 13 June 1968, at a time when the Labour government of Harold Wilson was deeply unpopular. The election was caused by the resignation of Labour Member of Parliament Charles Leslie Hale for reasons of ill health...
of June 1968. He did well for an independent with the first-past-the-post system, having limited resources and often little time to campaign.
In Oldham West he beat his old party's candidate into fourth place. He could not seem to shed his affection for the Liberal party however, congratulating Birmingham Ladywood by-election victor Wallace Lawler
Wallace Lawler
Wallace Leslie Lawler was a British Liberal politician. He was elected a Member of Parliament by gaining Birmingham, Ladywood from Labour at a by-election on 26 June 1969. However, Lawler only served for one year, as Labour's Doris Fisher regained the seat from him at the 1970 general election...
in July 1969 and attending the 1969 party assembly albeit to promote All Party Alliance aims.
Crime Writers' Association (CWA)
In 1953, John Creasey founded the Crime Writers' AssociationCrime Writers' Association
The Crime Writers Association is a writers' association in the United Kingdom. Founded by John Creasey in 1953, it is currently chaired by Peter James and claims 450+ members....
(CWA) in the UK. The CWA New Blood Dagger was awarded in memory of CWA founder John Creasey, this dagger for first books by previously unpublished writers is sponsored by BBC Audiobooks and includes a prize of £1000. This award was known previously as the John Creasey Memorial Dagger.
Honours
He was awarded the Member of the Order of the British EmpireOrder of the British Empire
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...
(MBE) for services in the United Kingdom's National Savings
National Savings and Investments
National Savings and Investments , formerly called the Post Office Savings Bank and National Savings, is a state-owned savings bank in the United Kingdom. It is an executive agency of the Chancellor of the Exchequer...
Movement during World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
.
The Gideon series by J. J. Marric (1955-1976)
- Gideon's DayGideon's DayGideon's Day is the first in a series of police procedural novels by John Creasey writing as J.J. Marric. Published in 1955, it features a day in the professional life of Detective Superintendent George Gideon of the C.I.D., Scotland Yard. In later books in the series, Gideon has been promoted to...
(1955) - 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)
- Gideon's Ride (1963)
- Gideon'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)
Dr. Palfrey series (1942-1979)
- Traitor's Doom (November, 1942, John Long)
- The Valley of Fear (May, 1943, John Long) aka The Perilous Country (1949 Long, 1966 Arrow, 1967 Long, 1973 Walker in U.S. re-releases)
- The Legion of the Lost (November, 1943. John Long)
- 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)
- The Sons of Satan (1948)
- The Dawn of Darkness (1949)
- The League of Light (1949)
- The Man Who Shook the World (1950)
- The Prophet of Fire (1951)
- The Children of Hate (1952) aka The Killers of Innocence
- The Touch of Death (1954)
- The Mists of Fear (1955)
- The Flood (1956)
- The Plague of Silence (1958)
- The Drought (1959) aka Dry Spell
- The Terror (1962)
- The Depths (1963)
- The Sleep (1964)
- The Inferno (1965)
- The Famine (1967)
- The Blight (1968)
- The Oasis (1969)
- The Smog (1970)
- The Unbegotten (1971)
- The Insulators (1972)
- The Voiceless Ones (1973)
- The Thunder-Maker (1976)
- The Whirlwind (1979)
The Toff series, by John Creasey (1938-1978)
- 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 Millions (1943)
- Accuse the Toff (1943)
- The Toff and the Curate (1944) aka The Toff and the Deadly Parson
- The Toff and the Great Illusion (1944)
- Feathers for the Toff (1945)
- The Toff and the Lady (1946)
- The Toff on Ice (1946) aka Poison for The Toff
- Hammer the Toff (1947)
- The Toff in Town (1947)
- The Toff Takes Shares (1948)
- The Toff and Old Harry (1949)
- The Toff on Board (1949)
- Fool the Toff (1950)
- Kill the Toff (1950)
- A Knife for the Toff (1951)
- The Toff Goes Gay (1951) aka A Mask for the Toff
- Hunt the Toff (1952)
- Call the Toff (1953)
- The Toff Down Under (1953) aka Break the Toff
- Murder Out of the Past (1953)
- The Toff at Butlin's (1954)
- The Toff at the Fair (1954) aka Last Laugh For The Toff
- A Six for the Toff (1955) aka A Score for the Toff
- The Toff and the Deep Blue Sea (1955)
- Make-Up for the Toff (1956) aka Kiss the Toff
- 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 FarmThe Toff on the FarmThe Toff on the Farm is a 1958 mystery novel by John Creasey featuring his character the Honourable Richard Rollison, aka 'The Toff'.-Plot:...
(1958) aka Terror for the Toff - 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) aka The Kidnapped Child
- Follow the Toff (1961)
- The Toff and the Teds (1961) aka The Toff and the Toughs
- A Doll for the Toff (1959)
- Leave It to the Toff (1962)
- 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 (1974)
- The Toff and the Crooked Copper (1977)
- The Toff and the Dead Man's Finger (1978)
The Baron Series by Anthony Morton (1937-1979)
- Meet the Baron (1937) (UK) aka The Man in the Blue Mask (USA)
- The Baron Returns (1937) (UK) aka The Return of Blue Mask (USA)
- The Baron Again (1938) (UK) aka Salute Blue Mask (USA)
- The Baron at Bay (1938) (UK) aka Blue Mask at Bay (USA)
- Alias the Baron (1939) (UK) aka Alias Blue Mask (USA)
- The Baron at Large (1939) (UK) aka Challenge Blue Mask (USA)
- Versus the Baron (1940) (UK) aka Blue Mask Strikes Again (USA)
- Call for the Baron (1940) (UK) aka Blue Mask Victorious (USA)
- 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 (1949)
- 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 in France (1953)
- Danger for the Baron (1953)
- The Baron Goes Fast (1954)
- Nest-Egg for the Baron (1954) aka Deaf, Dumb and Blonde
- Help from the Baron (1955)
- Hide the Baron (1956)
- Frame the Baron (1957) aka The Double Frame
- Red Eye for the Baron (1958) aka Blood Red
- Black for the Baron (1959) aka If Anything Happens to Hester
- Salute for the Baron (1960)
- A Branch for the Baron (1961) aka The Baron Branches Out
- Bad for the Baron (1962) aka The Baron and the Stolen Legacy
- A Sword for the Baron (1963) aka The Baron and the Mogul Swords
- The Baron on Board (1964)
- The Baron and the Chinese Puzzle (1965)
- Sport for the Baron (1966)
- Affair for the Baron (1967)
- The Baron and the Missing Old Master (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)
John Creasey Books Published by John Long
(This is a partial list which consists of titles that were published by John Long Ltd., a UK publisher).- Seven Times Seven (1932)
- Dangerous Journey
- I am the Withered Man
- Traitor's Doom (Doctor Palfrey Thriller, 1942)
- The Perilous Country (Doctor Palfrey Thriller), originally released as The Valley of Fear (1943)
- The Legion of the Lost (Doctor Palfrey Thriller, 1943)
- Dangerous Quest (Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- The House of the Bears (Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- The Hounds of Vengeance (Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- Dark Harvest (Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- The Wings of Peace (Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- The League of Light (Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- The Children of Despair (Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- Shadow of Doom (Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- Death in the Rising Sun (Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- Sons of Satan (Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- The Man who Shook the World(Doctor Palfrey Thriller)
- Death Stands By (Department Z Adventure)
- Prepare for Action (Department Z Adventure)
- The Death Miser (Department Z Adventure)
- The League of Dark Men (Department Z Adventure)
- First Came a Murder (Department Z Adventure)
- Dark Peril (Department Z Adventure)
- Murder Must Wait (Department Z Adventure)
- The Peril Ahead (Department Z Adventure)
- Go away Death (Department Z Adventure)
- The Day of Disaster (Department Z Adventure)
- Carriers of Death (Department Z Adventure)
- Days of Danger (Department Z Adventure)
- Island of Peril (Department Z Adventure)
- The Mark of the Crescent(Department Z Adventure)
- The Terror Trap (Department Z Adventure)
- Thunder In Europe (Department Z Adventure)
- Dead or Alive (Department Z Adventure)
- No Darker Crime (Department Z Adventure)
- Panic! (Department Z Adventure)
- Death by Night(Department Z Adventure)
- Death Round the Corner (Department Z Adventure)
- Redhead (Department Z Adventure)
- Menace (Department Z Adventure)
- Sabotage (Department Z Adventure)
- The Masters of Bow Street (Historical Fiction re founding of Scotland Yard)