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The Extortioners
Inspector West is up against a clutch of ruthless hoodlums who will stop at nothing to achieve their objective. West's search leads him to the world's most illustrious anthropologists.
With the assistance of his ham-fisted but talented associate, Venables, West uncovers a syndicate illegally operating a mining venture in central Australia, an area which contains a great anthropological discovery.
The Inspector emerges, solution in hand and reputation intact.
With the assistance of his ham-fisted but talented associate, Venables, West uncovers a syndicate illegally operating a mining venture in central Australia, an area which contains a great anthropological discovery.
The Inspector emerges, solution in hand and reputation intact.
188 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1974
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John Creasey
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John Creasey (September 17, 1908 - June 9, 1973) was born in Southfields, Surrey, England and died in New Hall, Bodenham, Salisbury Wiltshire, England. He was the seventh of nine children in a working class home. He became an English author of crime thrillers, published in excess of 600 books under 20+ different pseudonyms. He invented many famous characters who would appear in a whole series of novels. Probably the most famous of these is Gideon of Scotland Yard, the basis for the television program Gideon's Way but others include Department Z, Dr. Palfrey, The Toff, Inspector Roger West, and The Baron (which was also made into a television series). In 1962, Creasey won an Edgar Award for Best Novel, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Gideon's Fire, written under the pen name J. J. Marric. And in 1969 he was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
John Creasey (September 17, 1908 - June 9, 1973) was born in Southfields, Surrey, England and died in New Hall, Bodenham, Salisbury Wiltshire, England. He was the seventh of nine children in a working class home. He became an English author of crime thrillers, published in excess of 600 books under 20+ different pseudonyms. He invented many famous characters who would appear in a whole series of novels. Probably the most famous of these is Gideon of Scotland Yard, the basis for the television program Gideon's Way but others include Department Z, Dr. Palfrey, The Toff, Inspector Roger West, and The Baron (which was also made into a television series). In 1962, Creasey won an Edgar Award for Best Novel, from the Mystery Writers of America, for Gideon's Fire, written under the pen name J. J. Marric. And in 1969 he was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
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