Missing or Dead - by John Creasey (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

British sleuth Patrick Dawlish gets caught in a twisted web of deceit spun by a criminal mastermind--from the Edgar Award-winning author.

When Patrick Dawlish is too quiet, Scotland Yard gets suspicious. The police are used to him treading about on their turf--with or without their approval. This time, they come to Dawlish for help, asking him to defile his inner sanctum: the Carilon gentleman's club.

Five perfectly respectable young women have gone missing--and all signs point to fellow club member Sebastian Kane, a bombastic explorer and big-game hunter. Only Kane isn't the only suspect. His acquaintance is a woman with a bad reputation, and the five disappeared ladies have all worked as her secretary. As Dawlish inserts himself into their lives, he uncovers accusations of robbery, gold smuggling, and drug trafficking. And the closer Dawlish gets to the truth, the closer he gets to becoming the next trophy on their wall . . .

About the Author

John Creasey, born in 1908, was a paramount English crime and science fiction writer who used myriad pseudonyms for more than six hundred novels. He founded the UK Crime Writers' Association in 1953. In 1962, his book Gideon's Fire received the Edgar Award for Best Novel from the Mystery Writers of America. Many of the characters featured in Creasey's titles became popular, including George Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for a subsequent television series and film. Creasey died in Salisbury, UK, in 1973.