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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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Gideons vrede

En gruppe religiøse fanatikere har en mission om at ødelægge en række af Londons mest berømte kirker. Imens forsvinder adskillige smukke piger sporløst efter nogle nøgenfotograferinger. Og et tredje sted er en mand alt for længe om at underrette politiet om, at hans kone er blevet myrdet. Gideon er vred, og det med rette. Alt for ofte bliver forbrydelser nemlig anmeldt for sent, og det giver Scotland Yard problemer med opklaringen. For eksempel finder ingen på at mistænke elskeren for at have myrdet konen … 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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Udgivelsesdato06 nov. 2015
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ISBN epub9788771745214