Allan Geoffrey Yates
1923-1985
Pseudonyms: Carter Brown, Sinclair McKellar, Dennis Sinclair and Paul Valdez
 

Allan Geoffrey Yates was born in London. From 1942 to 1946, he served in the Royal Navy. In 1948, he went to Australia and became an Australian citizen. In 1953, he became a full-time writer. He also wrote under the pseudonyms 'Carter Brown', 'Sinclair McKellar', 'Dennis Sinclair', and 'Paul Valdez'. The pseudonym 'Caroline Farr' which is attributed to Yates was actually used by Richard Wilkes-Hunter.

 

Titles and year of publication:  

  1) The Cold Dark Hours  1958
As 'Carter Brown'
  1) A Death Date for Dolores  1951
  2) Designed to Deceive  1951
  3) Duchess Double X  1951
  4) Forever Forbidden  1951
  5) The Lady Is Murder (Also published as: The Lady Is a Killer [1956])  1951
  6) Three Men - One Love  1951
  7) Uncertain Heart  1951
  8) Your Alibi Is Showing  1951
  9) Alias a Lady  1952
 10) Blackmail for a Brunette  1952
 11) Blondes Prefer Bullets  1952
 12) Hands of the Lady  1952
 13) Kiss Life Goodbye  1952
 14) Larceny Was Lovely  1952
 15) Murder Sweet Murder  1952
 16) She Wore No Shroud  1952
 17) Sssh! She's a Killer  1952
 18) Sweetheart You Slay Me  1952
 19) Venus Unarmed  1953
 20) The Mermaid Murmurs Murder  1953
 21) The Lady Is Chased (Also published as: Trouble Is a Dame [1957])  1953
 22) The Frame Is Beautiful  1953
 23) Fraulein Is Feline  1953
 24) Wreath for Rebecca  1953
 25) The Black Widow Weeps  1953
 26) Penthouse Passout (Also published as: Hot Seat for a Honey [1956])  1953
 27) Shady Lady  1953
 28) Strip Without Tease (Also published as: Stripper, You've Sinned [1959])  1953
 29) Lethal in Love (Also published as: The Minx Is Murder [1956])  1953
 30) Butterfly Nett  1953
 31) Dimples Died De-Luxe  1953
 32) Blackmail Beauty  1953
 33) Chill on Chili  1953
 34) Cyanide Sweetheart  1953
 35) Dead Dolls Don't Cry  1953
 36) Judgment of a Jane  1953
 37) Kidnapper Wears Curves  1953
 38) The Lady Wore Nylon  1953
 39) The Lady's Alive  1953
 40) Madam You're Morguebound  1953
 41) Meet a Body  1953
 42) Meet Miss Mayhem  1953
 43) Model for Murder  1953
 44) Murder Is a Broad  1953
 45) My Darling Says Homicide  1953
 46) Rope for a Redhead (Rewritten and reissued as: Model of No Virtue [1956])  1953
 47) Widow Is Willing  1953
 48) Slightly Dead  1953
 49) Murder - Paris Fashion  1954
 50) Nemesis Wore Nylons  1954
 51) Maid for Murder  1954
 52) Murder Is My Mistress (Rewritten and reissued as: The Savage Salome [1961])  1954
 53) Homicide Hoyden  1954
 54) A Morgue Amour  1954
 55) Floozie Out of Focus  1954
 56) Goodknife Sweetheart  1954
 57) Honky Tonk Homicide  1954
 58) Murder! She Says  1954
 59) My Mermaid Murmurs Murder  1954
 60) Pagan Perilous  1954
 61) Perfumed Poison  1954
 62) Sinsation Sady  1954
 63) Slaughter in Satin  1954
 64) Curtains for a Chorine  1955
 65) Shamus, Your Slip Is Showing  1955
 66) Cutie Cashed His Chips (Rewritten and reissued as: The Million Dollar Babe [1961])  1955
 67) Honey, Here's Your Hearse!  1955
 68) The Two-Timing Blonde  1955
 69) Sob-Sister Cries Murder  1955
 70) Curves for a Coroner  1955
 71) Miss Called Murder  1955
 72) Swan Song for a Siren (Rewritten and reissued as: Charlie Sent Me! [1963])  1955
 73) A Bullet for My Baby  1955
 74) Kiss and Kill  1955
 75) Kiss Me Deadly (Also published as: Lipstick Larceny [1958])  1955
 76) The Wench Is Wicked  1955
 77) Shroud for My Sugar  1955
 78) Lead Astray  1955
 79) The Killer Is Kissable  1955
 80) The Hoodlum Was a Honey  1956
 81) Murder by Miss-Demeanor  1956
 82) Darling You Are Doomed  1956
 83) No Halo for Hedy  1956
 84) Donna Died Laughing  1956
 85) Blonde, Beautiful, and -Blam!  1956
 86) Strictly for Felony  1956
 87) Booty for a Babe  1956
 88) Delilah Was Deadly  1956
 89) Blonde Verdict  1956
 90) The Eve of His Dying  1956
 91) My Darling Is Deadpan  1956
 92) The Bribe Was Beautiful  1956
 93) Death of a Doll (US Title: The Ever-Loving Blues [1961])  1956
 94) The Lady Had No Convictions  1956
 95) Baby, You're Guilt-Edged  1956
 96) No Harp for My Angel  1956
 97) Hi-Jack for a Jill  1956
 98) Bid the Babe Bye-Bye  1956
 99) Meet Murder, My Angel  1956
100) Caress Before Killing  1956
101) Sweetheart, This Is Homicide  1956
102) Murder Wears a Mantilla  1956
103) That's Piracy, My Pet (Rewritten and reissued as: Bird in a Guilt-Edged Cage [1962]) (US and UK Title: The Guilt-Edged Cage [1962])  1957
104) Last Note for a Lovely  1957
105) Blonde, Bad, and Beautiful (Rewritten and reissued as: The Hong Kong Caper [1960])  1957
106) Doll for the Big House (Rewritten and reissued as: The Bombshell [1960])  1957
107) Madam, You're Mayhem  1957
108) Good Morning, Mavis  1957
109) Sinner, You Slay Me!  1957
110) Lethal in Love  1957
111) No Law Against Angels (Rewritten and reissued as: The Body [1958])  1957
112) Wreath for a Readhead  1957
113) The Unorthodox Corpse  1957
114) Cutie Wins a Corpse (Rewritten and reissued as: Graves I Dig [1960])  1957
115) Eve - It's Extortion (Rewritten and reissued as: Walk Softly, Witch [1959]) (US Title: The Victim [1959])  1957
116) Bella Donna Was Poison  1957
117) Chorine Makes a Killing  1957
118) Ten Grand Tallulah and Temptation (Rewritten and reissued as: The Scarlet Flush [1963])  1957
119) So Lovely She Lies  1958
120) Ice-Cold in Ermine  1958
121) Goddess Gone Bad  1958
122) No Body She Knows (Also published as: No Future Fair Lady [1958])  1958
123) The Blonde  1958
124) Cutie Takes the Count  1958
125) Hi-Fi Fadeout  1958
126) Widow Bewitched  1958
127) Luck Was No Lady  1958
128) A Siren Signs Off (Rewritten and reissued as: The Myopic Mermaid [1961])  1958
129) Tempt a Tigress  1958
130) The Charmer Chased  1958
131) High Fashion in Homicide  1958
132) Deadly Miss  1958
133) Sinfully Yours  1958
134) Death on the Downbeat (Rewritten and reissued as: The Corpse [1958])  1958
135) The Lover  1958
136) The Mistress  1958
137) The Loving and the Dead  1959
138) So Deadly, Sinner!  1959
139) The Passionate  1959
140) None But the Lethal Heart (Also published as: The Fabulous [1961])  1959
141) The Wanton  1959
142) Suddenly By Violence  1959
143) The Dame  1959
144) Terror Comes Creeping  1959
145) The Desired  1959
146) The Wayward Wahine (Also published as: The Wayward [1962])  1960
147) Tomorrow Is Murder  1960
148) The Temptress  1960
149) The Brazen  1960
150) The Dream Is Deadly  1960
151) Lament for a Lousy Lover  1960
152) The Stripper  1961
153) The Tigress (UK Title: Wildcat [1962])  1961
154) The Exotic  1961
155) The Seductress (US and UK Title: The Sad-Eyed Seductress [1961])  1961
156) Zelda  1961
157) Angel!  1962
158) The Ice-Cold Nude  1962
159) The Hellcat  1962
160) Murder in the Harem Club (US and UK Title: Murder in the Key Club [1962])  1962
161) The Lady Is Transparent  1962
162) The Dumdum Murder  1962
163) Lover, Don't Come Back!  1962
164) The Murderer Among Us (US and UK Title: A Murderer Among Us [1962])  1962
165) Blonde on the Rocks  1963
166) Girl in a Shroud  1963
167) The Sinners (US and UK Title: The Girl Who Was Possessed [1963])  1963
168) The Jade-Eyed Jinx (US and UK Title: The Jade-Eyed Jangle [1963])  1963
169) The Lady Is Not Available (US and UK Title: The Lady Is Available [1963])  1963
170) Nymph to the Slaughter  1963
171) The Passionate Pagan  1963
172) The Ballad of Loving Jenny (US and UK Title: The White Bikini [1963])  1963
173) The Silken Nightmare  1963
174) So Move the Body  1963
175) The Wind-Up Doll  1963
176) The Dance of Death  1964
177) The Never-Was Girl  1964
178) The Vixen (US and UK Title: The Velvet Vixen [1964])  1964
179) The Bump and Grind Murders  1964
180) Murder Is a Package Deal  1964
181) Who Killed Dr. Sex?  1964
182) Catch Me a Phoenix!  1965
183) Yogi Shrouds Yolanda, and Poison Ivy  1965
184) A Corpse for Christmas  1965
185) No Blonde Is an Island  1965
186) Nude - with a View  1965
187) The Girl from Outer Space  1965
188) Homicide Harem, and Felon Angel (novelets)  1965
189) The Sometime Wife  1965
190) The Hammer of Tor  1965
191) No Tears from the Widow  1965
192) Blonde on a Broomstick  1966
193) So What Killed the Vampire?  1966
194) Play Now, Kill Later  1966
195) The Black Lace Hangover  1966
196) Target for Their Dark Desire  1966
197) The Deadly Kitten  1967
198) House of Sorcery  1967
199) Long Time No Leola  1967
200) The Plush-Linen Coffin  1967
201) Seidlitz and the Super-Spy (UK Title: The Super Spy [1969])  1967
202) Until Temptation Do Us Part  1967
203) The Deep Cold Green  1968
204) The Mini-Murders  1968
205) Had I But Groaned (UK Title: The Witches [1969])  1968
206) Die Anytime, After Tuesday!  1969
207) The Flagellator  1969
208) Murder Is the Message  1969
209) Only the Very Rich?  1969
210) The Streaked -Blonde Slave  1969
211) The Up-Tight Blonde  1969
212) Burden of Guilt  1970
213) The Coffin Bird  1970
214) A Good Year for Dwarfs?  1970
215) The Hang-Up Kid  1970
216) True Son of the Beast  1970
217) Where Did Charity Go?  1970
218) The Coven  1971
219) The Creative Murders  1971
220) The Invisible Flamini  1971
221) Murder in the Family Way  1971
222) The Sex Clinic  1971
223) W.H.O.R.E.  1971
224) The Seven Sirens  1971
225) The Clown  1972
226) The Angry Amazons  1972
227) The Asceptic Murders  1972
228) Murder Is So Nostalgic!  1972
229) The Pornbroker  1972
230) The Born Loser  1973
231) Manhattan Cowboy  1973
232) The Master  1973
233) Murder on High  1973
234) Phreak-Out!  1973
235) Night Wheeler  1974
236) Donovan  1974
237) And the Undead Sing  1974
238) Negative in Blue  1974
239) The Star-Crossed Lover  1974
240) Wheeler Fortune  1974
241) Donovan's Day  1975
242) The Early Boyd  1975
243) The Iron Maiden  1975
244) Ride the Roller Coaster  1975
245) Wheeler, Dealer!  1975
246) Sex Trap  1975
247) The Savage Sisters  1976
248) Chinese Donavan  1976
249) The Dream Merchant  1976
250) The Pipes Are Calling  1976
251) Remember Maybelle?  1976
252) Busted Wheeler  1979
253) Donavan's Delight  1979
254) The Rip-Off  1979
255) The Spanking Girls  1979
256) The Strawberry Blonde Jungle  1979
257) See It Again, Sam  1979
258) Death to a Downbeat  1980
259) Model for Murder  1980
260) The Phantom Lady  1980
261) The Swingers  1980
262) Kiss Michelle Goodbye  1981
263) The Wicked Widow  1981
264) Step in the Dark  1984
265) The Real Boyd  1984
266) The Blonde Avalanche  1984
As 'Sinclair McKellar'
  1) Prompt for Murder  1981
As 'Dennis Sinclair'
  1) The Temple Dogs Guard My Fate  1969
As 'Paul Valdez'
  1) Hypnotic Death  1949
  2) The Fatal Focus  1950
  3) Celluloid Suicide  1951
  4) Flight Into Horror  1951
  5) Ghosts Don't Kill  1951
  6) Kill Him Gently  1951
  7) Killer by Night  1951
  8) Murder Gives Notice  1951
  9) Satan's Sabbath  1951
 10) The Time Thief  1951
 11) You Can't Keep Murder Out  1951
 12) The Crook Who Wasn't There!  1952
 13) Feline Frame-Up  1952
 14) Maniac Murders  1952
 15) The Murder I Don't Remember  1952
 16) There's No Future in Murder  1952

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