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Toff #44
Follow the Toff
Dedicated to helping both the young and beautiful as well as the old and needy The Honorable Richard Rollison was now being entertained by Katherine Dangerfield in a fancy bistro on the Champs Elyse'es. Beyond was the noisy throng that swarmed and added to the din at the Arc de Triomphe beyond their table.
The Toff had been shadowed in the spring in Paris and young artists were starting to die. Under his bed an engraver Simon Roy Shawn was becoming more dead all the time. Mrs. Dangerfield's art-dealer husband was missing and she was reluctant to notify the police especially when threatened.
Reluctantly the Toff agreed to help was already implicated because he was the last person to see those artists killed alive. Did he do it---many will wonder.
The Toff had been shadowed in the spring in Paris and young artists were starting to die. Under his bed an engraver Simon Roy Shawn was becoming more dead all the time. Mrs. Dangerfield's art-dealer husband was missing and she was reluctant to notify the police especially when threatened.
Reluctantly the Toff agreed to help was already implicated because he was the last person to see those artists killed alive. Did he do it---many will wonder.
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First published January 1, 1961
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John Creasey
688 books78 followersAKA Gordon Ashe, M E Cooke, Norman Deane, Robert Caine Frazer, Patrick Gill, Michael Halliday, Charles Hogarth, Brian Hope, Colin Hughes, Kyle Hunt, Margaret Lisle, Abel Mann, Peter Manton, J.J. Marric, Richard Martin, Rodney Mattheson, Anthony Morton, Jeremy York, Henry St. John Cooper and Margaret Cooke.
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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June 21, 2021
A story filled with suspense, murder, and intrigue in both England and France. Follow Richard Rollison (The Toff) and Jolly as they piece the clues together and solve the final crimes. This definitely kept me busy over the weekend, and I recommend it for mystery lovers!
November 2, 2019
Excellent. Among many Toff books this one is a must-read.
January 18, 2020
First of the Toff series for me and it was OK. I had a hard time suspending disbelief and thought the ending was a bit all over the place. I'm going to read another Inspector West novel next time.
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