The Toff Steps Out


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Paul Laking is dead and the police suspect suicide; a respected magistrate is missing; and telephone wires are cut. And what is this to do with the ‘Mensak Incident’ and the Toff’s fascination with weapons? There are hidden crimes to be uncovered, and it would seem that only the Toff has any chance of getting at the truth. Or has he ...?




Accuse the Toff


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Colonel The Hon Richard Rollison (aka ‘The Toff’) is fighting for King and Country in the depths of the Second World War. But then a car hits a Commando, and seven are left wounded or dying, with all evidence pointing to the Toff as perpetrator. He finds himself engaged in a frantic race to prove his innocence, and find the real criminals.




Traitor's Doom


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Nazi Agents are at work in the neutral countries of Europe - attempting to subvert so as to provide further easy victims for the Third Reich. Dr. Palfrey and the ‘Rescue Squad’ are faced with the challenge and danger of meeting this treachery and overcoming the full might of the German state in its quest for power.




Battle For Inspector West


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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.




The Dissemblers


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James Mortimer Liddel is charged with the murder of Lancelot Hay. All, however, is not as it seems and a 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. Only West and his uncanny instinct for the truth will get to the bottom of this puzzle.




The Toff Proceeds


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‘The Toff’ is looking forward to cricket, but other events take over. A member of his team is stabbed and a pretty girl flees. She then disappears after an unusual conversation with her pursuer; another woman is murdered; and bullets are fired from a speeding car. Blackmail is afoot and it all revolves around two young ladies who look alike.




Shadow of Doom


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The Nazis have stored radium somewhere in Europe. Dr. Palfrey must find it, but there is a business syndicate also involved who aim to bring Europe to an economic standstill and ultimate starvation. They conceal themselves with curious black masks, but other clues emerge and their plans are well advanced. Will Palfrey be in time?




A Backwards Jump


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A case of a wife who jumps backwards out of a window, a murder investigation, and another involving an ill-treated child have only one thing in common - they require the attention of Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard. He had thought the criminals had taken time off during the hot weather, but things quickly changed.




Thugs And Economies


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Commander George Gideon, Scotland Yard's finest detective, is faced with making economies as well as fighting a serious crime wave. In London there are ruthless big-time thugs to be combatted. At the same time, an obsessed maniac is preying on little girls on the crowded beaches of an East Coast town. Gideon must sort out the chaos.




The Plague of Silence


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Dr. Palfrey becomes involved in a threatened world domination by an organisation that uses the forces of nature to obtain its will. A woman is found on a bathroom floor convulsing. The Doctor attending her and his partner then die. A cloud of mosquito-like insects swarm and sting, paralysing their victims. Can Dr. Palfrey act in time?