Books in series
#1
Receipt for Murder
1956
#2
Dead in a Row
1957
#3
Dull Dead
1958
A five-year-old girl knows the secret identity of a murderer, but refuses to talk out of fear
#4
The Murdering Kind
1958
#5
The Interloper
1959
#6
Death Lives Next Door
1960
Realizing with dismay that an obsessive and determined man follows her everywhere she goes, Marion Manning appeals to Scotland Yard Inspector John Coffin for assistance, unaware that her flamboyant companion Joyo may hold the key to the mystery.
#7
Make Me a Murderer
1961
#8
Coffin in Oxford
1962
#9
Coffin For Baby
1963
Inspector Coffin discovers the identity of the kidnapper-murderer in a baby clinic in south-east London.
#10
Coffin Waiting
1964
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#11
Coffin in Malta
1964
Detective Inspector Coffin of Scotland Yard is sent to Malta to investigate the baffling murder of a laundress' retarded son
#12
A Nameless Coffin
1966
Nobody took much notice when the handbag slashing began in London. A few women found small nicks in their handbags, others huge gashes. John Coffin had a feeling that the cases were going to lead to something far more unpleasant. A similar case in Scotland—of coats, this time—comes to trial in Murreinhead, and Giles Almond, a mild-mannered officer of the Court, is viciously attacked by a knife-wielding assailant. Then the body of a missing Murreinhead woman is discovered in a rotting tenement in London, and the chase is on ...
#13
Coffin Following
1968
A crime novel in which Aaron Tyler and his poker club friends apprehend and accidentally kill an intruder in his house. Thus begins a descent into a web of violence that may cost them everything - their jobs, families and ultimately their lives. From the author of THE LONG MIDNIGHT and SERPENT'S KISS.
#14
Coffin's Dark Number
1969
Three little girls are reported missing in the same district of South London and Superintendent John Coffin suspects there could be more. A gripping crime novel from one of the most universally praised English mystery writers, perfect for fans of Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers.
Three little girls have been reported missing recently in the same district of South London and Superintendent John Coffin believes there might be others.
The area has more than its fair share of cranks, and Tony Young’s club of UFO watchers is no exception. But Tony’s concerns start to grow as more children disappear, always at a time when members of the club are out investigating a sighting.
While Coffin probes the backgrounds of the victims, trying to establish a pattern, Tony takes matters into his own hands and does some detecting of his own…
#15
A Coffin from the Past
1970
When the politician, Thomas Barr, and his secretary are found brutally murdered in scandalous circumstances, Detective Coffin is called in to investigate
#16
Sarsen Place
1973
Book by Butler, Gwendoline
#17
A coffin for the canary
1974
Inspector John Coffin has a yellow canary - not a bird, but a woman, as the police refer to women who sing with a touch of hysteria. Olivia struggles through a nightmare where fact and fantasy merge as she tries to find who murdered her lover.
#18
Coffin On The Water
1986
British Metropolitan Detective John Coffin investigates a spate of murders involving a deranged man who kills and mutilates people, offering each victim as a "gift" to a famous actress from her dead son. Reprint.
#19
Coffin In Fashion
1987
James Coffin, now a sergeant, discovers a body in the new house he's bought, but when he decides to investigate the case himself it unexpectedly leads to the clothing industry
#20
Coffin Underground
1988
John Coffin, Scotland Yard Superintendent, moves to a house in South London, despite the stories about the house's violent past
#21
Coffin in the Museum of Crime
1989
Detective John Coffin must find out who killed the man belonging to the severed human head found in an urn on the church steps. Reprint. PW. AB.
#22
Coffin and the Paper Man
1991
The brutal murder of a young girl polarizes the inhabitants of the newly gentrified London neighborhood under the jurisdiction of police chief commander John Coffin.
Victim Anna Mary Kinver belonged to a working-class family long resident in the area, while one of the suspects, Tim Zeman, is the son of a well-to-do doctor. Although a blood-soaked vagrant seems a more likely suspect at first, anonymous letters signed "Paper Man" threaten vengeance if the police don't arrest Tim.
The mental breakdown of Anna's father, the deaths of two members of Tim's family and then his apparent suicide add further complications. While neighborhood turmoil escalates, Coffin is forced to unravel this complex skein of events while fulfilling the day-to-day requirements of his new position and conducting a love affair with actress Stella Pinero, who runs a nearby theater workshop and knows the families involved in the murders.
#23
Coffin on Murder Street
1991
Inspector Coffin decides to investigate some strange goings-on on Murder Street—the most violent street in town—when a man who thrives on reporting and even predicting murder disappears himself. By the author of Coffin and the Paper Man.
#24
Cracking Open A Coffin
1993
A series of apparently indiscriminate murders reveals the work of a very patient, calculating criminal, and Chief Commander John Coffin must discover the link between the victims from an elite London university and a refuge for battered women.
#25
A Coffin For Charley
1994
In the wake of a series of killings, Inspector John Coffin becomes seriously worried when someone begins stalking his wife and is challenged to connect the present-day incidents to a twenty-year-old murder. Reprint.
#26
Coffin Tree
1994
Commander John Coffin suspects foul play when two officers investigating a money laundering scheme are found dead and launches into his own investigation with the help of his worldly wife. Reprint.
#27
A Dark Coffin
1996
Suspecting that the deaths of Joe and Josie Macintosh at the St. Luke's Theater had not really been a double suicide, Commander John Coffin finds himself working with enigmatic Harry Trent, who believes his twin brother is the killer. Reprint.
#28
A Double Coffin
1996
After Prime Minister Richard Lavendar confesses that he helped bury one of his serial killer father's victims, Commander John Coffin finds himself investigating a murder that seems connected to the killings done by an infamous serial killer.
#29
Coffin's Game
1997
Following a terrorist bombing, the battered corpse of a woman is found in a house on Percy Street in the Second City of London. Her fingertips have been removed and her face made unrecognizable by a sadistic killer.
The only clue to her identity is a handbag, and the owner of the handbag is Stella Pinero, the beloved actress wife of Chief Commander John Coffin. Several things complicate the investigation into the murder. Coffin refuses to believe that the remains could be Stella's.
In addition, Coffin does not welcome the uncomfortable questions posed by Chief Superintendent Archie Young about the tempestuous Stella's personal life. And all the while the secretive Inspector Lodge of the Terrorist Squad harbors suspicions of his own.
#30
Grave Coffin
1998
A grim note next to the body of a murdered police officer, who was investigating internal police corruption, burdens Commander John Coffin with a difficult task that further complicates his investigation into a series of deaths of young children. Reprint.
#31
Coffin's Ghost
2000
Sometimes the door to the past opens gently—other times, with a terrible bang, and for John Coffin, it is the latter when a package marked with his initials is opened to reveal a woman’s severed arms and legs. Coffin’s own dark suspicion is that the limbs belong to someone with whom he had a brief affair during a rocky time in his marriage.
Past ghosts or not, Coffin doggedly pursues the investigation even as an ominous spectre comes back to haunt him. When a second woman is found shot to death in her car, Coffin begins to suspect those closest to his wife, Stella Pinero, a famous actress who still manages to keep her own husband guessing at her secrets. As the Second City police force works to identify the first victim and make a connection to the second, unexpected events lead Coffin to the stunning unraveling of this bizarre crime.
#32
A COLD COFFIN
2000
1st edition 1st print Collins Crime 2000 hardcover near fine condition book near fine condition dw In stock shipped from our UK warehouse
#33
A Coffin for Christmas
2000
#34
Coffin Knows The Answer
2002
Coffin Knows the Answer by Gwendoline Butler released on Aug 25, 2004 is available now for purchase.
Author
Gwendoline Butler
Author · 40 books
Gwendoline Williams Butler (aka Jennie Melville) Gwendoline Williams was born on 19th August 1922 in South London, England, UK, daughter of Alice (Lee) and Alfred Edward Williams, her younger twin brothers are also authors. Educated at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, where she read History, and later lectured there. On 16th October 1949, she married Dr Lionel Harry Butler (1923-1981), a professor of medieval history at University of St. Andrews and historian, Fellow of All Souls and Principal of Royal Holloway College. The marriage had a daughter, Lucilla Butler. In 1956, she started to published John Coffin novels under her married name, Gwendoline Butler. In 1962, she decided used her grandmother's name, Jennie Melville as pseudonym to sing her Charmian Daniels novels. She was credited for inventing the "woman's police procedural". In addition to her mystery series, she also wrote romantic novels. In 1981, her novel The Red Staircase won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association.
