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CLOSE QUARTERS Published in 1947 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Grey cloth with red lettering Dust Wrapper priced at 8/6 see picture

THEY NEVER LOOKED INSIDE Published in 1947 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Maroon cloth with white lettering Dust Wrapper priced at 8/6 see picture

THE DOORS OPEN Published in 1949 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Blue cloth with black lettering Dust jacket priced at 8/6 See Picture

SMALLBONE DECEASED Published in 1950 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Maroon cloth with gilt lettering Dustwrapper priced at 8/6 see picture

DEATH HAS DEEP ROOTS Published in 1951 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Maroon cloth with black lettering Dust Wrapper priced at 9/6 see picture

DEATH IN CAPTIVITY Published in 1952 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Maroon cloth with black lettering Dust Wrapper priced at 10/6 see picture

FEAR TO TREAD Published in 1953 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Maroon cloth with black lettering Dust Wrapper priced at 10/6 see picture

SKY HIGH Published in 1955 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Maroon cloth with black lettering Dust Wrapper priced at 10/6 see picture

BE SHOT FOR SIXPENCE Published in 1956 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Maroon cloth with gilt lettering Dustwrapper priced at 12/6 see picture

BLOOD AND JUDGEMENT Published in 1959 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Green cloth with gilt lettering

AFTER THE FINE WEATHER Published in 1963 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Blue cloth with gilt lettering Dustcover priced at 16s

THE CRACK IN THE TEA CUP Published in 1966 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Blue cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at 18s

THE DUST AND THE HEAT Published in 1967 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Blue cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at 21s

GAME WITHOUT RULES Published in 1968 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Red cloth with gilt lettering

THE ETRUSCAN NET Published in 1969 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Red cloth with gilt lettering

STAY OF EXECUTION Published in 1971 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Green cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at 30s / £1.50

THE BODY OF A GIRL Published in 1972 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Blue cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at £1.95

THE NINETY-SECOND TIGER Published in 1973 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Green cloth with gilt lettering

FLASH POINT Published in 1974 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Green cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at £2.40

THE NIGHT OF THE TWELFTH Published in 1976 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Blue cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at £3.25

PETRELLA AT Q Published in 1977 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Blue cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at £3.95

THE EMPTY HOUSE Published in 1978 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Black cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at £4.50

DEATH OF A FAVOURITE GIRL Published in 1980 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Maroon cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at £5.50

THE FINAL THROW Published in 1982 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Burgundy cloth with gilt lettering

Mr. CALDER AND Mr. BEHRENS Published in 1982 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Blue cloth with gilt lettering

THE BLACK SERAPHIM Published in 1983 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Black cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at £7.95

THE LONG JOURNEY HOME Published in 1985 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Black cloth with gilt lettering

TROUBLE Published in 1987 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Green cloth with gilt lettering

YOUNG PETRELLA Published in 1988 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Black cloth with gilt lettering

PAINT, GOLD AND BLOOD Published in 1989 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Black cloth with gilt lettering Dust jacket priced at £11.95

ANYTHING FOR A QUIET LIFE Published in 1990 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Black cloth with gilt lettering

THE QUEEN AGAINST KARL MULLEN Published in 1991 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Grey cloth with gilt lettering Dust jacket priced at £14.99

ROLLER-COASTER Published in 1993 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Black cloth with gilt lettering

RING OF TERROR Published in 1995 by Hodder & Stoughton in London Black cloth with gilt lettering Jacket priced at £16.99

INTO THE BATTLE Published in 1997 by Hale in London

THE MAN WHO HATED BANKS & OTHER MYSTERIES Published in 1997 by Landru in New York

OVER AND OUT Published in 1998 by Hale in London

THE MATHEMATICS OF MURDER Published in 2000 by Hale in London

THE CURIOUS CONSPIRACY & OTHER CRIMES Published in 2002 by Hale in London Black boards and gilt lettering. DJ £17.99

Michael Gilbert (1912 - 2006) Michael Gilbert's writing career spanned nearly sixty years, even though he was thirty-five when his first book was published. He was a lawyer by profession and used to write his novels on the train journey home to Kent. His style was plain but highly serviceable and he was a master of suspence. Gilbert was, perhaps, the last of the Golden Age writers, who always preferred plot to psychology. As he wrote in 1996, "let your policeman get on with his job." He had much in common with Henry Wade, a comparison with which he would undoubtedly have been content. Like Wade, Gilbert was not afraid to expose the seamier aspects of human behaviour within the confines of the conventional detective story. Of the earlier books Smallbone Deceased and Death in Captivity stand up particularly well, while The Night of the Twelth and Death of a Favourite Girl show Michael Gilbert at the height of his powers.

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