Maurice Procter
By the Author
The Chief Inspector's Statement
A small village is the scene of two brutal murders - and everyone is under suspicion. A classic of crime fiction The village of Pennycross…
Two Men in Twenty
The XXC mob is giving Scotland Yard a run for its money, but the police have no idea who they are. As the gang is…
Rich is the Treasure
US Federal agent John Dennison arrives in the UK to meet Chief Inspector Philip Hunter of Scotland Yard, and to find $300,000, smuggled ashore via…
His Weight in Gold
Actor turned thief Rafe Tyrrel knows where more than two and a half million pounds is hidden, the proceeds of a Royal Mail train robbery…
Three at the Angel
Lou Fingerhut's boxing career is finished, but a golden opportunity drops into his lap, one that could see him right for life. Soon he and…
I Will Speak Daggers
Janey Elliott fails to return home one evening from a friend's, and her husband John goes out looking for her car. He and the friend's…
Rogue Running
One Saturday, DC Brabant walks into the CID office of Granchester City Police. He has been at the football, looking for pickpockets, and has had…
Exercise Hoodwink
Two Granchester constables find a wrecked, blood-soaked car. But there's no one in it, and no one has turned up at the nearest village. Then,…
The Spearhead Death
It looks like a trivial enough incident: a would-be petty thief makes his escape before he has stolen anything. But when the beat constable arrives…
Homicide Blonde
A young girl has been murdered. Then another. Both blonde. A serial killer at work - or a copycat? 'Maurice Procter is a born storyteller'…
The Dog Man
A cunning burglar is on the loose, nicknamed the Dog Man by police. House after house is broken into while savage dogs remain quiet. Then…
Hell is a City
Classic police procedural by a 'born storyteller' (Sunday Times), who combined natural flair with his experience in the police to truly authentic effect. Hell is…
The Midnight Plumber
'Maurice Procter's Chief Inspector Martineau is one of fiction's best policemen' New York Times The Plumber's men are swift workers, who take murder in their…
Man in Ambush
Chief Inspector Martineau and Sergeant Devery have every motive for finding and pursuing a killer who murdered their friend and colleague Inspector Robert McQuade, especially…
Devil's Due
An anonymous telephone call reports two murders and a bank robbery, and the following day an advertisement in the local paper reports that £10,000 in…
The Devil Was Handsome
When Sergeant Devery is allotted a female police office to assist him on a plain-clothes prowl he is concerned it will cramp his style. He…
Moonlight Flitting
A millionaire's sage-green Rolls Royce has been discovered, empty, beside a graveyard, and a little later the murdered body of the millionaire is discovered inside…
Hideaway
Classic police procedural by a 'born storyteller' (Sunday Times), who combined natural flair with his experience in the police to truly authentic effect. When a…
The Pub Crawler
Bill Knight is disappointed when he receives his first assignment as a newly inducted policeman, fresh from college. He is asked to go undercover in…
Killer at Large
Imprisoned for seven years for killing his fiancée's lover, now Guy Rainer has escaped, and Detective Inspector Martineau is on his trail. Martineau had sent…
A Body to Spare
Classic police procedural by a 'born storyteller' (Sunday Times), who combined natural flair with his experience in the police to truly authentic effect. There was…
Devil in Moonlight
'The door was open. McCool stood in the doorway and switched on the light. He gazed at an open safe, and then he turned his…