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 |