John Hunter
1891-1961
Pseudonyms: Jack Addiscombe, John Addiscombe, L.H. Brenning, Anthony Dax, Anthony Drummond, Peter Meriton and Temple Worthing
  

Alfred John Hunter was an English writer for boys' papers. 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 Affair of the Fatal Film  1935
 2) Crook Cargo  1936
 3) The Trail of the Dope Chief  1936
 4) The Crime on the Promenade  1937
 5) The Prisoner of Lost Island  1937
 6) The Man Who Turned King's Evidence  1938
 7) The Secret of the Hold  1938
 8) The Riddle of the Lost Ship  1939
 9) The House of Darkness  1940
10) The Mysterious Mr. Maynard  1940
11) Raiders Passed!  1941
12) The Secret of the Grave  1941
13) The Case of the Bronze Statue  1942
14) The Case of the French Raiders  1942
15) The Mystery of the American Envoy  1942
16) The Riddle of the Black Racketeers  1942
17) The Riddle of the Uncensored Letter  1942
18) The Secret of the Demolition Worker  1942
19) The Devil of Danehurst  1943
20) The Monopoly Menace  1943
21) Barred from the West End  1944
22) The Man from the Far East  1944
23) The Riddle of the Italian Prisoner  1944
24) The Case of the Deserted War Bride  1945
25) The Great Airport Racket  1945
26) The Mystery of the Red Chateau  1945
27) Sergeant Gray's Crime  1945
28) The Case of the Defaulting Sailor  1946
29) Fourteen Years After!  1946
30) The Mystery of Moat Farm  1946
31) The Wimbledon Common Trap  1946
32) The Case of the Double Event  1947
33) The Riddle of the Smiling Man  1947
34) Warned Off!  1947
35) The Affair of the Spiv's Secret  1948
36) The Case of the American Tourists  1948
37) The Curse of the Track  1948
38) When the Jury Disagreed!  1950
39) Witness to the Crime  1950
40) The Case of the Crooked Skipper  1951
41) It Happened in Melgrove Square  1951
42) The Mystery of the New Tenant  1951
43) The Case of the Doped Favourite  1952
44) The Case of the Girl on Remand  1952
45) The Spiv's Mistake  1952
46) The Victim of the Crooked Hypnotist  1952
47) Destination Unknown  1953
48) The Thieves of Alexandria  1953
49) The Woman on the Spot  1953
50) The Case of the Stolen Ransom  1954
51) The Crime on the French Frontier  1954
52) Murder in the Air  1955
53) The Mystery of the Vanished Trainer  1955
54) Gangster's Girl  1956
55) Silent Witness  1957
 Other Novels
 1) The Impossible Chance  1922
 2) The Smasher  1922
 3) Smashing Through  1924
 4) Thunder Island  1924
 5) The Three Crows  1928
 6) The Stars of Doom  1929
 7) Dead Man's Gate  1931
 8) Dead Man's Island  1932
 9) Desperado  1932
10) The House on the Downs  1934
11) When the Gunmen Came  1934
12) The White Phantom  1934
13) The Football Spy  1937
 As 'Jack Addiscombe'
 1) The Secret of the Graveyard  1937
 2) The Silk Scarf Murders  1937
 As 'John Addiscombe'
 1) Drums of Death  1929
 2) The Speed King  1935
 3) Fighting Blood  1935
 4) Marked Cards  1935
 5) The Triangle of the Grey Wolf  1937
 As 'L.H. Brenning'
 1) The Butterfly of Paris  1925
 2) Parisian Love  1926
 3) Devil's Laughter  1929
 4) The Death Plot  1931
 5) Boulevard  1931
 6) Parisian Adventure (US Title: Cabaret [1934])  1934
 7) The Channel Mystery  1935
 As 'Anthony Dax'
 1) The Man Behind  1937
 As 'Anthony Drummond'
 1) The Scented Death  1924
 2) Blood Money  1935
 3) The Devil's Signpost  1935
 4) The Island of Dangerous Men  1937
 As 'Peter Meriton'
 'Sexton Blake' Novels
 1) The Man from Madrid  1943
 2) The Affair of the Fraternizing Soldier  1946
 Other Novels
 1) Three Die at Midnight  1937
 2) After Darvray Died  1938
 3) Captain Dack  1939
 4) Conspiracy  1945
 5) Plunder  1948
 As 'Temple Worthing'
 1) The Devil's Gateway  1934
 2) Foul Play  1934
 3) Who Was Mr. Brown?  1934
 4) Fought to the Finish  1935
 5) The Phantom Seven  1935
 6) The Man Who Never Came Back  1937
 7) Doctor Death  1937

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