George Douglas (writer) – Wikipedia

George Douglas , pseudonym of George Douglas Fisher, born on May 6, 1902 in Barton-on-the-Heath, Warwickshire, and deceased the November 15, 1980 In Scarborough, Northern Yorkshire, is a British author of detective novel. He also signed a few texts Douglas Fisher And George Fisher .

After studying higher at the University of Bristol completed in 1922, he successively teaches in several schools in Leeds until the mid -1950s. He then held a post of researcher and archivist in the Folk Studies of the University Studies from Leeds.

He started his literary career by publishing articles and tales under his name in British newspapers and magazines. In 1948, he published an autobiography entitled Little World . He then gave under the name of Douglas Fisher some detective novels taking place in the small rural (and fictitious) community of Pyford where Jeff Tellford investigates.

Between 1966 and 1980, he adopted the pseudonym of George Douglas under which he published around twenty titles, including the series of police procedure of the criminal squad of the North District of the city (imaginary) of Deniston, which the inspector is part Bill Hallam, Sergeant Jack Spratt and Sergeant Dick Garrett. A little in the spirit of the 87th district of Ed McBain, Douglas’ stories allow you to follow the career of the various members of the same team, to observe the effectiveness of their collaboration and sometimes puts one of them to the ‘preview for a novel. So Do not shoot the wobbly (1970) underlines the difficulties encountered by Bill Hallam who has just been appointed superintendent of his squad. Lead Oppose the whole team to a drug trafficking network. Jumping , the latest installment in the series features Sergeant Dick Garrett who is investigating in the horse world.

Some novels by Georges Douglas are also devoted to the duo formed by Inspector Mallin and Sergeant Brian “Bonny” Lee of the Benfield City police.

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Series Create of crime in the North District of Deniston [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Odd Woman Out (1966)
• Unwanted Witness (1966)
  Posted in French under the title Down the witness , Paris, bookstore of Champs-Élysées, the mask n ^O 1127, 1970
• Death Unheralded (1967)
  Posted in French under the title We escape as we can , Paris, bookstore of Champs-Élysées, the mask n ^O 1066, 1969
• Death Went Hunting (1967)
  Posted in French under the title When the hallali sounds , Paris, bookstore of Champs-Élysées, the mask n ^O 1199, 1971
• Death in Duplicate (1968)
• Gunman at Large (1968)
  Posted in French under the title Camping alert , Paris, bookstore of Champs-Élysées, the mask n ^O 1104, 1970
• Murder Unmourned (1970)
  Posted in French under the title Do not shoot the wobbly , Paris, bookstore of Champs-Élysées, the mask n ^O 1165, 1969
• Crime Most Foul (1971)
  Posted in French under the title Lead , Paris, bookstore of Champs-Élysées, the mask n ^O 1226, 1972
• One to Jump (1972)
  Posted in French under the title Jumping , Paris, bookstore of Champs-Élysées, the mask n ^O 1267, 1973; Reissue, Paris, Librairie des Champs-Élysées, the Masks Club n ^O 361, 1979

Series Inspector Mallin and Sergeant Brian “Bonny” Lee [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• Death on Doorstep (1973)
• Death in Darkness (1973)
  Posted in French under the title A futile woman , Paris, bookstore of Champs-Élysées, the mask n ^O 1384, 1975
• Dead on the Dot (1974)
• Final Score (1975)

Other novels [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• The Devil to Pay (1969)
• Dead Reckoning (1969)
• Time to Die (1971)
• Crime Without Reason (1975)
• Luckless Lady (1976)
• Death on Delivery (1976)
• Death in Retreat (1976)
• End of the Line (1977)
• Unholy Terror (1978)
• Double-Cross (1979)
• Death of a Big Shot (1980)

Novels signed George Fisher [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• The Hostages (1976)
• Operation V.I.P. (1977)

Series Jeff Tellford Signed Douglas Fisher [ modifier | Modifier and code ]

• What’s Wrong at Pyford (1950)
• Poison-Pen at Pyford (1951)
• Death at Pyford Hall (1952)
• Corpse in Community (1953)

Autobiography signed Douglas Fisher [ modifier | Modifier and code ]