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Pseudonym of J.E. Preston Muddock. In addition to a successful career as a journalist, he wrote thrillers, historical novels, guide books and an autobiography. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) The Man-Hunter (short stories) | 1888 |
| 2) Caught at Last! Leaves from the Notebook of a Detective (short stories) | 1889 |
| 3) The Man from Manchester | 1890 |
| 4) Tracked and Taken: Detective Sketches (US Title: Stories from the Note-Book of a Detective [1900]) (short stories) | 1890 |
| 5) Who Poisoned Hetty Duncan? and other detective stories (short stories) | 1890 |
| 6) A Detective's Triumphs (short stories) | 1891 |
| 7) From Information Received: Detective Stories (short stories) | 1892 |
| 8) In the Grip of the Law (short stories) | 1892 |
| 9) Tracked to Doom | 1892 |
| 10) Wanted! A Detective's Strange Adventures (short stories) | 1892 |
| 11) From Clue to Capture: A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories (short stories) | 1893 |
| 12) Link by Link: Detective Stories (short stories) | 1893 |
| 13) Suspicion Aroused (short stories) | 1893 |
| 14) Found and Fettered: A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories (short stories) | 1894 |
| 15) Dark Deeds (short stories) | 1895 |
| 16) Eugene Vidocq: Soldier, Thief, Spy, Detective | 1895 |
| 17) The Mystery of Jamaica Terrace | 1896 |
| 18) Riddles Read (short stories) | 1896 |
| 19) The Chronicles of Michael Danevitch of the Russian Secret Service (short stories) | 1897 |
| 20) The Records of Vincent Trill of the Detective Service (short stories) | 1899 |
| 21) Tales of Terror (short stories) | 1899 |
| 22) The Adventures of Tyler Tatlock, Private Detective (short stories) | 1900 |
| 23) Deacon Brodie; or, Behind the Mask | 1901 |
| 24) Jim the Penman: The Life Story of One of the Most Astounding Criminals That Have Ever Lived | 1901 |
| 25) The Scarlet Seal: A Tale of the Borgias | 1902 |
| 26) The Crime of the Century: Being the Life Story of Richard Piggott | 1904 |
| 27) The Fatal Ring | 1905 |
| 28) A Knight of Evil | 1905 |
| 29) The Knutsford Mystery | 1906 |
| 30) Thurtell's Crime | 1906 |
| 31) The Gold-Spinner | 1907 |
| 32) In the Queen's Service | 1907 |
| 33) The Shadow of Evil | 1907 |
| 34) A Gilded Serpent | 1908 |
| 35) In the Face of Night | 1908 |
| 36) The Sin of Preaching Jim (Also published as: Preaching Jim [1919]) | 1908 |
| 37) Startling Crimes and Notorious Criminals (short stories) | 1908 |
| 38) Tangled Destinies | 1908 |
| 39) A Wild Beauty | 1908 |
| 40) The Great Turf Fraud, and Other Notorious Crimes (short stories) | 1909 |
| 41) Lil of the Slums | 1909 |
| 42) For Honour or Death | 1910 |
| 43) The Naughty Maid of Mitcham | 1910 |
| 44) Scarlet Sinners: Stories of Notorious Criminals and Crimes (short stories) | 1910 |
| 45) The Fatal Woman | 1911 |
| 46) The Trap | 1911 |
| 47) The Rich Man's Wife (with E.W. Elkington) | 1912 |
| 48) The Triumphs of Fabian Field: Criminologist (short stories) | 1912 |
| 49) The Turning Wheel: A Story of the Charn Hall Inheritance | 1912 |
| 50) Out There: A Romance of Australia | 1922 |