 Geoffrey Edward West Household was born in Bristol. He studied at Oxford University where he obtained a B.A. in English Literature. During the Second World War he served as a Field Security Officer in British Intelligence. After the war he settled down in England as a writer. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 1) The Third Hour | 1937 |
| 2) The Salvation of Pisco Gabar and Other Stories (short stories) | 1938 |
| 3) Rogue Male (Also published as: Man Hunt [1942]) | 1939 |
| 4) Arabesque | 1948 |
| 5) The High Place | 1950 |
| 6) A Rough Shoot | 1951 |
| 7) A Time to Kill | 1951 |
| 8) Tales of Adventurers (short stories) | 1952 |
| 9) Fellow Passenger (Also published as: Hang the Man High [1957]) | 1955 |
| 10) The Brides of Solomon, and Other Stories (short stories) | 1958 |
| 11) Watcher in the Shadows | 1960 |
| 12) Thing to Love | 1963 |
| 13) Olura | 1965 |
| 14) Sabres on the Sand (short stories) | 1966 |
| 15) The Courtesy of Death | 1967 |
| 16) Dance of the Dwarfs (Also published as: The Adversary [1970]) | 1968 |
| 17) The Lives and Times of Bernardo Brown | 1973 |
| 18) The Three Sentinels | 1973 |
| 19) Red Anger | 1975 |
| 20) Hostage | 1977 |
| 21) The Last Two Weeks of Georges Rivac | 1978 |
| 22) The Europe That Was (short stories) | 1979 |
| 23) The Sending | 1980 |
| 24) Capricorn and Cancer (short stories) | 1981 |
| 25) Summon the Bright Water | 1981 |
| 26) Rogue Justice | 1982 |
| 27) Arrows of Desire | 1985 |
| 28) The Days of Your Fathers (short stories) | 1987 |
| 29) Face to the Sun | 1988 |
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