 Geoffrey Horne was born in Skipton, Yorkshire. He was educated at Ermysted's Grammar School and Christ's College Cambridge. He was a civil servant in the African colonies from 1938 to 1955. He is the creator of 'Caleb Cluff' a police sergeant in the Yorkshire Dales (under the pseudonym 'Gil North'). |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Caleb Cluff' Novels (as 'Gil North') | |
| 1) Sergeant Cluff Stands Firm | 1960 |
| 2) The Methods of Sergeant Cluff | 1961 |
| 3) Sergeant Cluff Goes Fishing | 1962 |
| 4) More Deaths for Sergeant Cluff | 1963 |
| 5) Sergeant Cluff and the Madmen (novelets) | 1964 |
| 6) Sergeant Cluff and the Price of Pity | 1965 |
| 7) The Confounding of Sergeant Cluff | 1966 |
| 8) Sergeant Cluff and the Day of Reckoning | 1967 |
| 9) The Procrastination of Sergeant Cluff | 1969 |
| 10) No Choice for Sergeant Cluff | 1971 |
| 11) Sergeant Cluff Rings True | 1972 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Winter | 1957 |
| 2) Land of No Escape | 1958 |
| 3) The Man Who Was Chief | 1960 |
| 4) The Portuguese Diamonds | 1961 |
| As 'Gil North' | |
| 1) Corpse for Kofi Katt | 1978 |