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John Creasey MBE (17 September 1908 – 9 June 1973) was an English crime and science fiction writer who wrote more than six hundred novels using twenty-eight different pseudonyms.

He created several characters which are now famous, such as The Toff (The Honourable Richard Rollison), Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, Inspector Roger West, The Baron (John Mannering), Doctor Emmanuel Cellini and Doctor Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey. The most popular of these was Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for the television series Gideon's Way and for the John Ford movie Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958), also known by its British title Gideon's Day. The Baron character was also made into a 1960s TV series starring Steve Forrest as The Baron.

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Gideon er øverstbefalende kriminalkommissær i Scotland Yard. Det er ham, der får forelagt alle sager, der kommer forbi bureauet. Han er ikke nogen intellektuel skrivebordsarbejder, men derimod en hård, skarpsindig, sympatisk og allestedsnærværende politimand. Afslørelsen af en korrupt mand i Yard’ens egne rækker, et myrdet barn, et postrøveri, et juveltyveri og et skuddrama, hvor Gideon selv kommer i ilden, er blot nogle af de problemer, Gideon står over for i løbet af en enkelt arbejdsdag. J.J. Marric – bag dette pseudonym gemmer sig et af den engelske kriminallitteraturs største navne: John Creasey (1908-1973). Af kendere placeres han fuldt ud på linje med Georges Simenon og Erle Stanley Gardner. Serien om kriminalkommissær Gideon er blandt hans største internationale successer.
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Udgivelsesdato29 maj 2015
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ISBN epub9788771744149