Roland Daniel
1880-1969
 

William Roland Daniel was born in Wandsworth, London and grew up in Florida, USA. He served with the Canadian scouts in the Boer War and the Royal Navy in WW1. He was the manager of the Theatre Royal in Croydonm, Surrey after the war and h toured England in acting companies in the 1920s. He also wrote romance novels using the pseudonym 'Sonia Anderson'. He is the creator of:
1. 'Wu Fang', a criminal mastermind.
2. 'Michael Grant', a private investigator.
3. 'Buddy Mustard', a private investigator.
4. 'Jack Pearson', a police inspector.
5. 'Bill Saville', a Scotland Yard Superintendent.
6. 'John Walk', a Detective Inspector.
7. 'Michael Wallace', a private investigator.
 

Titles and year of publication:  

 'Wu Fang' Novels
 1) The Society of the Spiders (Also features Bill Saville)  1928
 2) Wu Fang (Also features Bill Saville)  1929
 3) Ruby of a Thousand Dreams (Also features John Walk)  1933
 4) Wu Fang's Revenge  1934
 5) The Son of Wu Fang  1935
 6) The Return of Wu Fang  1937
 'Michael Grant' Novels
 1) Frightened Eyes  1956
 2) The Kidnappers  1959
 3) Brunettes Are Dangerous  1960
 4) Red-Headed Dames and Murder  1960
 5) Women – Dope – and Murder  1962
 6) Death by the Lake  1963
 7) Murder in Ocean Drive  1964
 'Buddy Mustard' Novels
 1) The Crawshay Jewel Mystery  1941
 2) The Missing Heiress  1942
 3) Evil Eyes  1942
 4) Evil Shadows  1944
 5) The Professor  1944
 6) Quicksilver  1944
 7) The Lady in Scarlet  1947
 8) A Dead Man Sings  1949
 9) Murder at a Cottage  1949
10) The Arrow of Death  1951
11) Three Sundays to Live  1952
12) The Murder Gang  1954
13) The Man from Paris  1958
14) The Missing Body  1961
15) The Big Shot  1962
16) The Hangman Waits  1963
17) The Gangster's Daughter  1965
 'Jack Pearson' Novels
 1) The Crackswoman  1932
 2) The Green Jade God  1932
 3) White Eagle  1933
 4) The Crimson Shadow  1935
 5) The Gangster's Last Shot  1939
 6) Murder at Little Malling  1946
 '‘Bill Saville' Novels
 1) The Remover (short stories)  1933
 2) The Blackmailer  1934
 3) The Remover Returns (short stories)  1935
 4) Again the Remover (short stories)  1939
 'John Walk' Novels
 1) Dead Man's Vengeance  1931
 2) Ann Turns Detective  1932
 3) The Stool Pigeon  1936
 4) The Missing Lady  1937
 5) The River Gang  1938
 6) The Blonde Murder Case  1939
 7) Human Vultures  1939
 'Michael Wallace' Novels
 1) Lovely But Dangerous  1960
 2) The Lady Was a Spy  1962
 3) Night Club Murder  1963
 4) The Prisoner  1965
 Other Novels
 1) The Brown Murder Case  1930
 2) The Rosario Murder Case  1930
 3) Dead Man's Corner  1932
 4) The Gangster  1932
 5) Husky Voice  1932
 6) The Mystery of Mary Hamilton  1932
 7) The Shooting of Sergius Leroy  1932
 8) The Signal  1932
 9) The Yellow Devil  1932
10) The Arch-Criminal  1933
11) The Princess' Own  1933
12) The Dragon's Claw  1934
13) The Jail-Breakers  1934
14) The Murphy Gang  1934
15) Sally of the Underworld  1934
16) Scarthroat  1934
17) Amber Eyes  1935
18) The Killer  1935
19) The 'Lo Sweeny Gang  1935
20) The Man Who Sought Trouble (short stories)  1935
21) Red Murchison  1936
22) The Secret Hand  1936
23) The Slayer  1936
24) Slick-Fingered Kate  1936
25) Snake Face  1936
26) The Stedman Gang  1936
27) The Buddha's Secret  1937
28) The Snide Man  1937
29) "The Tipster"  1937
30) At the Silver Butterfly  1938
31) The Langley Murder Case  1938
32) The Man with the Magnetic Eyes  1938
33) The Black Raven  1939
34) The Big Squeal  1940
35) The Millionaire Crook  1940
36) Slant Eye  1940
37) This Woman Is Wanted  1940
38) The Death House  1941
39) Shattered Hopes  1941
40) The Doublecrosser  1942
41) The Girl by the Roadside  1942
42) The Twenty-Two Windows  1942
43) The Black Market  1943
44) The Hunchback of Soho  1943
45) Singapore Kate  1943
46) The Spider's Web  1943
47) The Girl in the Dark  1945
48) A Bunch of Crooks  1946
49) The Desert Crime  1946
50) The Haughton Diamond Robbery  1947
51) Mrs. Greystone – Murdered  1947
52) The "Z" Case  1947
53) The Kenya Tragedy  1948
54) The Man Who Sold Secrets  1948
55) The Man from Prison  1949
56) Spencer Blair, G-Man  1949
57) Arrested for Murder  1950
58) The Black Eagle  1950
59) The Little Old Lady  1950
60) Murder in Piccadilly  1950
61) The Stop-at-Nothing Man  1950
62) The Undercover Girl  1951
63) It Happened at Night  1952
64) The Case of the King of Montavia (Also published as: The Case of the Blackmailed King [1955])  1953
65) Murder of a Bookmaker  1953
66) Trouble at the Inn  1953
67) Murder Goes Free  1954
68) The Stolen Necklace  1954
69) The Big Racket  1955
70) Killers Must Die  1955
71) On the Run  1955
72) Murder of Guy Thorpe  1956
73) Suicide Can Be Murder  1956
74) Dangerous Moments  1957
75) Murder in Dawson City  1957
76) Special Agent  1957
77) All Thugs Are Dangerous  1958
78) The Great Secret  1958
79) Dangerous Mission  1959
80) A Double-Crossing Traitor  1959
81) Deadly Mission  1961
82) The Lady Turned Traitor  1961
83) The Devil Woman  1964
84) The Female Spy  1964
85) Kidnapped Wife  1965
86) The Secret Service Girl  1966

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