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  1. Cover
  2. Copyright & Information
  3. About the Author
  4. Dedication
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  70. Series Information

She took his hand between her two palms.

Series Information

Dates given are for year of first publication.

‘Lieutenant Bones’ Series

These Titles can be read as a series, or randomly as standalone novels

1.   Bones 1915
2.   The Keepers of the King’s Peace 1917
3.   Bones in London 1921
4.   Bones of the River 1923
Refer also to the ‘Sanders’ Series

‘Educated Evans’ Series

These Titles can be read as a series, or randomly as standalone novels

1.   Educated Evans 1924
2.   More Educated Evans 1926
3.   Good Evans Also: ‘The Educated Man’ 1921

‘The Four Just Men’ Series

These Titles can be read as a series, or randomly as standalone novels

1.   The Four Just Men 1905
2.   The Council of Justice 1908
3.   The Just Men of Cordova 1917
4.   The Law of the Four Just Men 1921
5.   The Three Just Men 1926
6.   Again, the Three Just Men Also: ‘The Law of the Three Just Men’ 1977

‘Mr. J.G. Reeder’ Series

These Titles can be read as a series, or randomly as standalone novels

1.   Room 13 1924
2.   The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder Also: ‘The Murder Book of Mr. J.G. Reeder’ 1925
3.   Terror Keeper 1927
4.   Red Aces 1929
5.   Mr. J.G. Reeder Returns 1932

‘Mr. Commissioner Sanders’ Series

These Titles can be read as a series, or randomly as standalone novels

1.   Sanders of the River 1911
2.   The People of the River 1912
3.   The River of Stars 1913
4.   Bosambo of the River 1914
5.   The Keepers of the King’s Peace 1917
6.   Sandi the Kingmaker 1922
7.   Sanders Also: ‘Mr. Commissioner Sanders’ 1926
8.   Again Sanders 1928

Synopses - All Titles

Published by House of Stratus

Cover image Admiral Carfew
Gregory Carfew is ‘an unparalleled master of descriptive’. Felix Carfew ‘writes a vile hand’. There is a new boy on the desk at The Megaphone and it is Felix who is handed the envelope. Finding himself on Ambassador Greishen’s special train, then on a steamer to Ostend, Felix recklessly exploits the opportunity. At 3.00 a.m. Gregory gets an urgent telegram. On the quay at Ostend Felix flees and Gregory steps forward to introduce himself…
Cover image Angel of Terror
Jack Glover of Rennet, Glover and Simpson does not believe his cousin Meredith killed Bulford. Meredith’s father was an eccentric and unless Meredith is married by the age of thirty his sister inherits everything. She is dead and Meredith, now in prison, is thirty next Monday. Meanwhile Lydia Beale is struggling to pay her dead father’s creditors. When Glover offers her money she is shocked. However, despite the strange conditions attached, it is a proposal she cannot afford to ignore.
Cover image Avenger
Francis Elmer has vanished, and all that is found is a typed note signed ‘The Head Hunter’. Elmer’s niece Adele Leamington is an extra at the Knebworth Film Corporation. The actress Stella Mendoza keeps the whole set waiting to shoot, in the best Hollywood tradition, but her starring role is given to Adéle. Surprised by Mike Brixan as she is learning her lines, Adele drops the typed script. The ‘v’ letters are blurred and the ‘g’ is indistinct. Mike turns white…