First Came a Murder (Department Z) - Softcover
Sir Basil Riordan is mysterious, frightening, and an immensely wealthy man. But is he also a killer? As head of England’s elite secret service agency, Department Z, Gordon Craigie has to find out. And it’s not going to be an easy investigation – too many important people are involved. With a member of an exclusive London Club poisoned, Craigie is forced to question whether Riordan or his son, Marcus, could really be involved? Craigie assigns his best agent, Devenish, to find the truth. But what Devenish discovers is no clear-cut case of homicide. It is a mad masquerade of murder, larceny, and deceit of the highest order. Before long, it looks like he and Craigie are in over their heads...
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John Creasey MBE was an English crime and science fiction writer who wrote more than six hundred novels using twenty eight different pseudonyms. He created several characters which are now famous. These include The Toff, Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, Inspector Roger West, The Baron, and Doctor Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey. The most popular of these was Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for the television series ‘Gideon’s Way’ and for the John Ford movie ‘Gideon of Scotland Yard’ (1958), also known by its British title ‘Gideon’s Day’. The Baron character was made into a 1960s TV series starring Steve Forrest as The Baron. In 1953, John Creasey founded the UK’s Crime Writers’ Association (CWA). The CWA New Blood Dagger is awarded in his memory for first books by previously unpublished writers. Sponsored by BBC Audiobooks, it includes a prize of £1000. This award was known previously as the John Creasey Memorial Dagger. John Creasey died in June 1973. “Creasey is creating his own kind of Comedie Humane-Policière – and a splendid achievement it is.” – Anthony Boucher, The New York Times
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- PublisherIpso Books
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1911295365
- ISBN 13 9781911295365
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages212
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