Victor Joseph Hanson was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire. He also wrote science fiction and western novels. A few of his novels feature 'Sexton Blake', a detective modelled on Sherlock Holmes. See also this list for other Sexton Blake authors. |
Titles and year of publication:
'Sexton Blake' Novels | |
1) Death and Little Girl Blue | 1962 |
2) Death on a High Note (as 'Desmond Reid') | 1962 |
3) Cult of Darkness (as 'Desmond Reid') | 1963 |
Other Novels | |
1) Lead Bites | 1950 |
2) The Morgue Has Guests | 1950 |
As 'Johnny Cello' | |
1) Duet to Corruption | 1953 |
As 'Max Clinten' | |
1) The Dead Were Strangers | 1952 |
2) Strictly Illegal | 1952 |
3) Don't Make Me Kill | 1953 |
4) Red, Hot and Deadly | 1953 |
5) So Long, Sucker | 1953 |
As 'Vern Hansen' | |
1) Murder with Menaces | 1962 |
2) Claws in the Night | 1963 |
3) Creatures of the Mist | 1963 |
4) The Twisters | 1963 |
5) The Whisper of Death | 1963 |
6) The Grip of Fear | 1964 |
As 'Duke Linton' | |
1) Lend Me a Rod | 1951 |
2) Too Many Yesterdays | 1951 |
3) Call Me Al | 1952 |
4) How Dead Can You Be? | 1952 |
5) Keep Moving, Bud | 1952 |
6) That Dame Sal | 1952 |
7) They've Got Me Again | 1952 |
8) What Do I Care? | 1952 |
9) Killer Bait | 1953 |
10) Was She Poison? | 1953 |
11) Sin's Half Mile | 1953 |
12) So Dead, So Sweet | 1953 |
13) Strip Tease Angel | 1953 |
14) Who's Sorry Now? | 1953 |
15) The Swinging Corpse | 1954 |
As 'Brad Shannon' | |
1) Blues for My Baby | 1950 |
2) Fall Guy | 1950 |
3) The Lady's for Killing | 1950 |
4) Lefty O’Connor Moves In | 1950 |
5) So Many Dead | 1950 |
6) "Stir Crazy" | 1950 |
7) Bury the Guy! | 1951 |
8) Cons on the Run | 1951 |
9) The Dead Don't Cry | 1951 |
10) Death Pulls No Punches | 1951 |
11) Don't Mention It | 1951 |
12) Lefty Cuts Loose | 1951 |
13) Lefty Hands It Out | 1951 |
14) Murder! – So What? | 1951 |
15) You Talk Too Much | 1951 |
16) The Big Snatch | 1952 |
17) The Body Was Lonely | 1952 |
18) A Coffin for Lefty | 1952 |
19) The Countless Steps | 1952 |
20) Death Walks Softly | 1952 |
21) Heads You Lose | 1952 |
22) Lefty Takes Over | 1952 |
23) Rubberneck | 1952 |
24) I Wake Screaming | 1953 |
25) Sadie Swings the Blues | 1953 |
26) Some Get It | 1953 |
27) They Say I'm Bad | 1953 |
As 'Hyman Zore' | |
1) Cover That Corpse | 1953 |
2) Shadow of a Sin | 1953 |