Extortion is the name of the game and the method is to murder anyone who might get in the way. The Dreem factory and much else is at stake. Inspector West has to unravel it all at gun point, but not without difficulty and surprise ...

Inspector West embarks upon a rest cure, but finds no change as blackmail, kidnap, and multiple murder still dominate his life. There is also an adversary well known to him, but he dare not make an arrest .... for now! Full of action and danger, this is one of the best 'West' novels.

Chief Inspector Roger West opened his front door to find his Superintendent, Abbott, standing before him. "I think you know why I've called," said Abbott, as he drew a folded piece of paper from his overcoat. It was an official search warrant. Facing a career on the verge of ruin, West must dive into a mystery that involves murder, conspiracy and, most shockingly, corruption at Scotland Yard. Born in Surrey, England in 1908 into a poor family in which there were nine children, John Creasey grew up to be a true master story teller and international sensation. His more than 600 crime, mystery, and thriller titles have now sold 80 million copies in 25 languages. These include many popular series such as Gideon of Scotland Yard, The Toff, Dr Palfrey and The Baron. Creasey wrote under many pseudonyms, explaining that booksellers had complained he totally dominated the 'C' section in stores. Never one to sit still, Creasey had a strong social conscience, and stood for Parliament several times, along with founding the One Party Alliance which promoted the idea of government by a coalition of the best minds from across the political spectrum. He founded the British Crime Writers' Association, which to this day celebrates outstanding crime writing. The Mystery Writers of America bestowed upon him the Edgar Award for best novel and then in 1969 the ultimate Grand Master Award.

Things are not going well for Roger West, one of Scotland Yard’s finest detectives. In just a few days he had received a bloody nose; been robbed of important papers; shot at; attacked with a knife; and been accused of dereliction of duty. Moreover, the Assistant Commissioner was not pleased. The Home Office were concerned about Andrew Kelham, whose son had been murdered and cleaner strangled. And then West had to meet Mrs. Kelham . . .

The murder of a Member of Parliament puts an end to Inspector West s holiday. His wife is naturally annoyed, but West nevertheless hastens back to Scotland Yard so as to take charge of the case. However, the murder turns out to be far more complicated than he expected, with many different mysteries to solve, and there is real danger as he gets closer to the truth."

Inspector Roger (‘Handsome’) West of Scotland Yard has to deal with a millionaire who is being blackmailed, a kidnapped bride who is threatened with the horrors of an international vice racket and an utterly evil gangster from whose clutches no one is safe. This is a nightmare battle that he must win.

Chief Inspector Roger West has been watching and waiting for over two years – he is determined to catch Paul Raeburn out. The millionaire racketeer may have made a mistake, following the killing of a small time crook. Can the ace detective triumph over the evil Raeburn in what are very difficult circumstances? This cannot be assumed as not everything, it would seem, is as simple as it first appears ...

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The Inspector has been framed for murder! He is found by the police in an empty house with the body of a dead girl near him, battered with an axe bearing West's fingerprints, and the identification in his wallet is not his own! He risks his career, life and the safety of everyone close to him as he untangles this set-up.

Once again Scotland Yard was thrown into confusion by another masterful burglary. This time Lobo's gang had revealed themselves as killers intent on letting nothing interfere with their criminal activities—but the only clue lay in the mark of a wolf's head branded on the hand of each gang member.

James Mortimer Liddel is charged with the murder of Lancelot Hay. All, however, is not as it seems and a real conundrum develops for the famed Inspector West of Scotland Yard. There are visiting Americans; false accusations; a trial, and behind it all a spy ring. All seems cut and dried, the file on the murder can be closed, or can it? Only West and his uncanny instinct for the truth will get to the bottom of this complicated puzzle. Bibliographical Just to clarify the sequence of the Inspector West novels, the title page of this volume is noted 'The 11th story of "Inspector West"'.

Inspector West of Scotland Yard investigates an elusive killer, who stops the cars prosperous businessmen traveling alone in order to commit murder

An Inspector West mystery. Janet West finds an envelope containing the message "This is only the beginning!" under her front door. And her husband, Inspector Roger West of Scotland Yard, is in the hospital, the victim of an unknown acid thrower.

Inspector West of Scotland Yard investigates the apparent attempt to terrorize the British police force through a series of armed robberies and shootings

This is the story of a kidnapping with international complications, involving the American Embassy in London, the FBI, and most of all Roger West of Scotland Yard.

Two strangled dead girls and Inspector West finds they were both regional winners in a soap company's beauty contest.

When a night watchman is killed in the most recent of a series of jewelry robberies, Inspector West investigates

Anthony Reeson's beautiful clifftop cottage was a strange setting for two brutal killings, But as Inspector West was soon to discover, nothing about the case was going to be straightfoward. Reeson's neighbour, Michael Mallow, had alreadytaken off, destination unknown, but when Daphne Mallow also disappeared, West was really got worried. And in the chase that followed he not only come across some very ugly going on, but had a closer shave with eternity than he'd had for some time.

Inspector West of Scotland Yard investigates the mysterious murder of a mailman just before Christmas

The first two accidents seemed fairly straightfoward. The police dropped their investigations. The third one could only be attempted murder. But it was the fourth accident which sent Insprctor West hurtling across London in a last-minute attempt to stop a vicious killer ...

Rose Jensen Was Dead "I want you to concentrate on this case exclusively," Colonel Jay told Roger West, and Roger undrestood that he was being put on trail. Accepting the challenge he soon found that the killing was no ordinary crime of passion - behind it was a scheme of financial intrigue, blackmail, and murder as vicious as any he had ever encountered. And before the case was closed, he, too, was to become a victim!

Malcolm Munro, the son of the Chairman of Munro Motors drove into a hostile situation. The workers were being whipped up to fever pitch by the antics of a Union official, Mike Grannett. Violence ensued and there was an altercation between Munro and Grannett’s younger brother which resulted in the latter being rushed to hospital, where he died. All of the striking workers were, of course, going to provide hostile testimony as to Munro’s actions. Chief Inspector Roger West of Scotland Yard is charged with the investigation. Can he save Munro from a murder conviction, or have the workers got it right? Just what is the truth?

I'll kill that horse, Lady Foley said, quite loudly. But it was another horse that died. Not her son Lionel's Shoestring but the very valuable Silver Monarch. And the killer didn't hesitate to murder a man who got in the way. So Superintendant West was faced with a particularly difficult case. Why had Silver Monarch been so senseless slaughtered? Had the killer made a mistake? and, above all, who was the killer?

Murder at its horrifying worst! Chief Inspector (‘Handsome’) West of Scotland Yard has his hands full with a case involving a baby-killer who is at large. Is he dealing with a psychopath, or someone who has a twisted vendetta against the employees of a carpet importer? A reserve soldier might know more than he is admitting, and what roles are being played by a hunchback who has arms like steel, and a blonde who seems to invite trouble? West must act – fast!

Roger ‘Handsome’ West of Scotland Yard is pitted against a ruthless criminal network. They will stop at nothing in their pursuit of bribery, corruption, and theft. Their target now is the Railway system and amongst them is a cold-blooded killer whom West must capture. Against him is an organisation with money to spare and no compunction about murder if it is in their interests.

Roger ‘Handsome’ West of Scotland Yard is called to the West Midlands to help solve a mysterious double murder that has taken place in a large printing works. The victims were lovers and so suspicion falls upon the dead woman’s husband. West ends up charging him, but then the printing works is sabotaged and there is a further murder. The local police are not impressed by West’s methods, and he also realises that there is more to this case than originally thought. Just what is going on and are there more killings in the offing?

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Chief Superintendent Roger West of Scotland Yard has to deal with possible corruption in the Police Force. Who can he trust? Bribery is suspected as a number of cases are dismissed because of faulty police evidence, and a policeman is shot whilst another stands accused of unnecessary violence against a suspect. Much more than reputations are at stake as West moves further and deeper into the underworld of London’s West End criminal gangs.

The murder of the young woman,latest victim of the organized crime wave,was particularly brutal. She was found on the floor of her shop with her head beaten in. But the puzzling thing was that the killer himself turned out to be - a corpse. Then the beautiful young widow who might be able to cast light on the case disappeared. Roger West found himself thrust into the strangest case of his career - while terror reigned in the streets of London.

Once a murder is committed, the perpetrators have nothing to lose – they can murder again, although the chances of being caught rise, especially if Roger West, one of Scotland Yard’s finest detectives, is on their trail. But there are always three ways of viewing the that of the hunter, the hunted, and the victim’s. A payroll robbery gives rise to one of John Creasey’s most enthralling novels within this popular series.

A novel from Creasey's long-running mystery series featuring Scotland Yard detective Roger West beginning this time with the murder of an Australian girl in a London boarding house and sending West to Australia and back.

After investigations in London into the mysterious case of a disappearing VIP, Chief Superintendent Roger 'Handsome' West of the Yard is sent to South Africa on the trail of an international diamond-smuggling ring. Diamonds may be a girl's best friend, but they lead West into murky and dangerous territory, and his wife for one is worried her overworked husband's luck won't last forever.

West must protect nine ex-cons from fanatics enraged by Britain's abolition of capital punishment.

A series of acid-throwing attacks on young lovers has everyone mystified. Is it the work of young hooligans, or are there more sinister forces at play? Roger Handsome West of Scotland Yard must solve the case, and quickly. However, there are many obstacles in his way as he tries to uncover a thread and he finds he has to deal with bigoted parents, a psychiatric hospital full of perverts, a somewhat suspicious social club, and many others, not to mention robbery and murder along the way."

Sir David Marshall, a distinguished scholar and an expert in international affairs, leads a tragic private life because of the insanity of his wife, Yolanda. When she is murdered in a luxurious nursing home, Scotland Yard - in the person of Inspector Roger West - comes under strong pressure: Marshall is an important man. This ticklish case takes West from London to the sunbaked glamour of Miami where he confirms, in a series of explosive encounters, that money, more often than not, is the root of evil.

Roger Handsome West of Scotland Yard, its best and most down to earth detective, finds himself fighting for his life, after he is called upon to investigate a brutal attack on Danny O Hara. It had taken place in a luxury penthouse, where there was a mirrored bedroom and a mysterious, concealed, safe. The trail leads to an abortion clinic catering for starlets and a major film studio, but how are these linked and why is West in more danger than even he realises?"

It began in a courtroom. Mario Rapelli was accusedof " assault with intent to main." There were three witnesses for the defense, two for the prosecution, bit players in a petty, cruel drama. But then one of the defense witness began to talk, about bribery and perjury. Plunging in deeper, chipping away at Rapelli's alibi, Roger West began to piece together the whole picture, much more terrifying than the sum of its deadly parts.

A major gold bullion robbery has been pulled off by a totally ruthless and terrifying gang, ‘The Bullion Boys’. Murder along the way is if no consequence to them. Now, they must protect their haul and as they become increasingly desperate so the threat of violence increases. Roger West of Scotland Yard, its finest and most methodical detective, must solve the case, but the only clue he possesses is a splinter of glass. The Born in Surrey, England, into a poor family as seventh of nine children John Creasey attended a primary school in Fulham, London, followed by The Sloane School. He did not follow his father as a coach maker, but pursued various low-level careers as a clerk, in factories, and sales. His ambition was to write full time and by 1935 he achieved this, some three years after the appearance of his first crime novel ‘Seven Times Seven’. From the outset, he was an astonishingly prolific and fast writer, and it was not unusual for him to have a score, or more, novels published in any one year. Because of this, he ended up using twenty eight pseudonyms, both male and female, once explaining that booksellers otherwise complained about him totally dominating the ‘C’ section in bookstores. They Gordon Ashe, M E Cooke, Norman Deane, Robert Caine Frazer, Patrick Gill, Michael Halliday, Charles Hogarth, Brian Hope, Colin Hughes, Kyle Hunt, Abel Mann, Peter Manton, JJ Marric, Richard Martin, Rodney Mattheson, Anthony Morton and Jeremy York. As well as crime, he wrote westerns, fantasy, historical fiction and standalone novels in many other genres. It is for crime, though, that he is best known, particularly the various detective ‘series’, including Gideon of Scotland Yard, The Baron, The Toff, and Inspector Roger West, although his other characters and series should not be dismissed as secondary, as the likes of Department ‘Z’ and Dr. Palfrey have considerable followings amongst readers, as do many of the ‘one off’ titles, such as the historical novel ‘Masters of Bow Street’ about the founding of the modern police force. With over five hundred books to his credit and worldwide sales approaching one hundred million, and translations into over twenty-five languages, Creasey grew to be an international sensation. He travelled widely, promoting his books in places as far apart as Russia and Australia, and virtually commuted between the UK and USA, visiting in all some forty seven states. As if this were not enough, he also stood for Parliament several times as a Liberal in the 1940’s and 50’s, and an Independent throughout the 1960’s. In 1966, he founded the ‘All Party Alliance’, which promoted the idea of government by a coalition of the best minds from across the political spectrum, and was also involved with the National Savings movement; United Europe; various road safety campaigns, and famine relief. In 1953 Creasey founded the British Crime Writers’ Association, which to this day celebrates outstanding crime writing. He won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for his novel ‘Gideon’s Fire’ and in 1969 was given the ultimate Grand Master Award. There have been many TV and big screen adaptations of his work, including major series centred upon Gideon, The Baron, Roger West and others. His stories are as compelling today as ever, with one of the major factors in his success being the ability to portray characters as living – his undoubted talent being to understand and observe accurately human behaviour. John Creasey died at Salisbury, Wiltshire in 1973.

A somewhat incredible deception is planned so as to try and put an end to corruption that is undermining the very fabric of society and to deal with vice crimes that appear to reach the highest levels. Scotland Yard announces that one of its best detectives, Roger West, is dead. The story is credible, as West has recently been the target of would-be assassins. Meanwhile, West does his best to penetrate circles in which the conspirators operate.