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Sexton Blake Library

Series · 62 books

By W. Howard Baker, Rosamond Mary Story, Philip Chambers, and more

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Desmond Reid

Author · 13 books

Desmond Reid was an Amalgamated Press (later Fleetway Publications) "house pseudonym" for the Sexton Blake stories. It was used for the work of a number of writers (including many otherwise anonymous authors).

Aka W.A. Ballinger Specializing in action noir, William Arthur Howard Baker got his break writing for the Sexton Blake series of detective thrillers in the mid 50's, eventually becoming an editor. He reused many of the plots from this popular set of stories for his own spy series. A penname of his was Peter Saxon.