Charles Wrexe Hardinge was born in India. He was an author and explorer. In the late 1920s he settled in England. Most 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) The Midnight Mystery | 1929 |
2) The Fatal Car | 1930 |
3) The Mission of Menace | 1930 |
4) The Mission of Vengeance | 1931 |
5) The Masked Slayer | 1932 |
6) The Mystery of the Reunion Dinner | 1932 |
7) The Radio Crook | 1932 |
8) The Secret of the African Trader | 1932 |
9) The Black-Hill Murder Case | 1933 |
10) The Ivory Tusk | 1933 |
11) The Blazing Launch Murder | 1934 |
12) The Man from Holland | 1934 |
13) The Mystery of the Murdered Chef | 1934 |
14) The Case of the Black Magician | 1935 |
15) The Crime in Carson's Shack | 1935 |
16) The Secret of the Smuggler's Cove | 1935 |
17) The Ex-Serviceman's Secret | 1936 |
18) The Motor Show Mystery | 1936 |
19) The Murder at Hermit's Cottage | 1936 |
20) Murder on the Boat Express | 1936 |
21) The Mystery of the African Mine | 1936 |
22) The Secret of the Sale Room | 1936 |
23) The Body on the Beach | 1937 |
24) The Man They Could Not Convict | 1937 |
25) The Mystery of the African Expedition | 1937 |
26) The Secret of the Dental Surgeon | 1937 |
27) The Case of the Kidnapped Specialist | 1938 |
28) The Case of the Murdered Postman | 1938 |
29) Dangerous Money | 1938 |
30) The Case of the Missing Musician | 1939 |
31) The Mystery of the African Farm | 1939 |
32) The Police Station Mystery | 1939 |
33) The Man from the Jungle | 1940 |
34) The Observer Corps Mystery | 1940 |
35) One of Seven | 1941 |
36) The Man from Chun King | 1946 |
37) The Case of the Chinese Courier | 1947 |
38) The Man from Mongolia | 1947 |
39) The Secret of the Jungle | 1947 |
40) The Secret of the Veld | 1947 |
41) The Yellow Terror | 1947 |
42) The Case of the African Emigrant | 1948 |
43) The Case of the Stolen Mine | 1948 |
44) The Gargoyle of Polgelly | 1948 |
45) The Riddle of the Highwayman's Stone | 1948 |
46) The Riddle of the Sealed Room | 1948 |
47) The Secret of the African Settler | 1948 |
48) The Case of the African Trader | 1949 |
49) The Case of the Crime Reporter | 1949 |
50) The Case of the Secret Agent | 1949 |
51) The Legacy of Hate | 1949 |
52) The Mystery of the Devil Mask (Also published as: Consider Your Verdict [1959]) | 1949 |
53) The Tragedy of the Bromleigh's | 1949 |
54) The Mystery of the Forbidden Territory | 1950 |
55) With Criminal Instinct | 1950 |
56) The Case of the Frightened Girl | 1951 |
57) The Case of the Green Caravan | 1951 |
58) The Headmaster's Secret | 1951 |
59) The Secret of the Desert | 1951 |
60) The Man from Space | 1952 |
61) The Prisoner of the Manor | 1952 |
62) The Riddle of the Crooked Gambler | 1952 |
63) The Case of the African Hoodoo | 1953 |
64) The Mystery of the Body on the Cliff | 1953 |
65) The Secret of the Fated Family | 1953 |
66) The Lodging-House Mystery | 1954 |
67) The Riddle of the Invisible Menace | 1954 |
68) The Victim of the Devil's Bow | 1954 |
69) The Voyage of Fear | 1954 |
70) The Man with Five Enemies | 1955 |
71) The Mystery of the Outlawed Black | 1955 |
72) The Secret of the Man Who Died | 1955 |
73) By Whose Hand? | 1956 |
74) Safari with Fear! | 1959 |
Other Novels | |
1) Beyond the Skyline | 1933 |
2) The Black Cloud | 1936 |
3) "Three Rounds Rapid –" (novelets) | 1936 |
4) Found – Adventure | 1938 |
5) The Problem in Ciphers | 1952 |
6) Murder on the Veld | 1954 |
7) The Secret of the Sheba | 1954 |
As 'Capstan' | |
1) Cap'n Luke | 1937 |
2) Carver of the Swamp | 1938 |
3) The Night Coach | 1938 |
4) The Polite Pirate (short stories) | 1938 |
5) Broadcast Murder | 1939 |
6) The Hole in the Mountain | 1939 |
7) Black Magic | 1941 |
8) The Chinese Cabinet | 1941 |
9) Inkosi-Carver Investigates | 1943 |
10) Forbidden Territory | 1949 |
11) Murder of a Musician | 1949 |
12) The Feud | 1950 |
13) Operation Diamond | 1951 |