Four heads of state are to meet in London. The usual suspects will be
out on the streets attempting to con, or rob, spectators. But this is
not the major problem faced by Scotland Yard's finest, Commander George
Gideon's. It is known that assassins are planning the murder of at least
some of the visiting notables, plus anyone else who gets in the way.
Gideon's mission is to do just that!
Master crime fiction writer John Creasey's near 600 titles have sold
more than 80 million copies in over 25 languages under both his own name
and ten other pseudonyms. His style varied with each identity and led to
him being regarded as a literary phenomenon. Amongst the many series
written were Gideon of Scotland Yard, The Toff, The Baron, Dr. Palfrey
and Inspector West, as JJ Marric, Michael Halliday, Patrick Dawlish and
others. During his lifetime Creasey enjoyed an ever increasing
reputation both in the UK and overseas, especially the USA. This was
further enhanced by constant revision of his works in order to assure
the best possible be presented to his readers and also by many awards,
not least of which was being honoured twice by the Mystery Writer's of
America, latterly as Grand Master. He also found time to found the Crime
Writers Association and become heavily involved in British politics -
standing for Parliament and founding a movement based on finding the
best professionals in each sphere to run things.
