- Paperback: 183 pages
- Publisher: Tethered Camel Publishing; New Ed edition (1 Jun 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1904612024
- ISBN-13: 978-1904612025
- Product Dimensions: 21.2 x 13.8 x 1.6 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,293,371 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The letter was addressed simply to ‘The Toff, London W1.’ Inside it was nothing but a photograph of a lovely but unidentified woman.
The lady herself had arrived at a society ball the previous night, looking deadly pale in black satin and mink. She said she had lost her memory and nobody knew who she was or where she came from.
Within days, murder and intrigue had followed her. The Hon. Richard Rollison was used to taking villains and murderers in his stride but this time he had to match his wits with a lady as cunning as she was beautiful. Even more, his own heart was in danger of clouding the issue, putting yet more lives in jeopardy.
In The Toff, John Creasey has created a true old-fashioned hero who champions ladies, rights wrongs and grits his teeth to overcome impossible odds. Will he win though? Yes of course he will. The fun is in the telling.
About the Author
John Creasey (1908 - 1973) was the world’s most prolific author.*
The 'UK King of Crime’ wrote 562 crime and mystery books, selling more than 80 million copies worldwide in 28 languages over five decades. His most famous characters include The Baron, Inspector West and Gideon. The Creasey Dagger is the UK’s top award for first time crime novelists with winners including Patricia Cornwell and Minette Walters.
Creasey is an inspiration to the aspiring but as yet unpublished author. He had 743 rejection slips before his first book was accepted. He never stopped believing in himself and he never gave up.
He wasn’t afraid to take risks either – writing under 10 different names and changing styles with each character.
At least 5000 different editions of Creasey’s work were published in 28 different languages. There are 11 different series, four of them (Roger West, the Toff, the Baron and Patrick Dawlish) with either 50 titles reached or very close, two series (Dr Palfrey and Department Z) with over 30 titles, and the great Gideon with 21. A further 50-odd titles have been published as written by Michael Halliday.
All his books were written first in longhand on specially ruled paper and revised five or six times before going to the publisher - often 12 months after the first draft was finished.
John Creasey lived near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England on land once given to Sir John Botenham by King John. He was married four times, had three sons, three daughters-in-law and seven grandchildren.
*The technical bit: Barbara Cartland wrote more books than John Creasey—an average of eight books a year, totalling 623 in 77 years of writing. Creasey wrote 13 books per year in 41 years of writing, making him 171% more prolific.
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