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STEPHEN FRANCES

1917 - 1989

Writing as: Hillary Brand, Ace Capelli, Mark Clinton, Stephen Frances, Johnny Grecco, Hank Janson, Arthur Kirby, Duke Linton, Steve Markham, Desmond Reid, David Roland, Peter Saxon, Link Shelton, Dave Steel, Danny Stephens, Richard Williams


An extremely prolific writer throughout his adult life, Stephen Frances started back in the late days of the pulp era. While this British author wrote in a variety of genres, his best known creation was the Hank Janson books which were written with an American style and decidedly American gangster-ish series of titles. In the mid-50s when the governments of England and Ireland began a backlash against the increase of hard action and sensationalistic pulp novels, it was the Janson books that were waved by politicians the most. Interestingly, by that time Frances had moved away from the name and given (?sold?) it to others.



Series Books
Hillary Brand
 
Other Brand T (1964)
  News Girl (1963)
 
Ace Capelli
 
Other Chicago Payoff (1949)
  Death At Every Door (1949)
  Give Me Headquarters (1949)
  Never Turn Your Back (1950)
  This Man Is Death (1949)
 
Mark Clinton
 
Hugh Pecker Oh! Hugh Pecker (1973)
  Come Again, Hugh Pecker! (1973)
 
 
Stephen Frances
 
John Gail This Woman Is Death (1965)
  To Love And Yet To Die (1966)
  The Ambassador's Plot (1966)
  Hate Is For The Hunted (1968)
  The Sweet Shame Of Fury (1968)
  The Caress Of Conquest (1968)
  Cry For My Lovely (1971)
 
Other Bad Boy (1964)
  Day of Terror (1962)
  The Day the Island Almost Sank (novelization) (1964)
  No Flowers For The Dead aka The Unlucky Break (1951)
 
Johnny Grecco
 
Other Call Her Savage aka Lady Take The Chair (1953)
 
Hank Janson
 
Other 48 Hours (1955)
  Accused (1952)
  Amok (1953)
  Angel, Shoot to Kill (1949)
  Auctioned (1952)
  Avenging Nymph (1958)
  Baby, Don’t Dare Squeal (1951)
  Bad Girl (1959)
  Becky (1965)
  Beloved Traitor (1960)
  Bewitched (1957)
  The Big Lie (1956)
  Blonde on the Spot (1949)
  Brand Image (1963)
  The Bride Wore Weeds (1950)
  Bring Me Sorrow (1956)
  Broads Don’t Scare Easy (1951)
  Cactus (1956)
  Cold Dead Coed (1964)
  Come Quickly, Honey (1960)
  Conflict (1952)
  Contraband (1955)
  Corruption (1953)
  Deadly Mission (1953)
  Death Wore a Petticoat (1951)
  Delicious Danger (1961)
  Desert Fury (1953)
  Devil’s Highway (1956)
  Don’t Cry Now (1957)
  Don’t Dare Me, Sugar (1950)
  Don’t Mourn Me, Toots (1951)
  Downtown Doll (1961)
  Enemy of Men (1957)
  Escape (1956)
  Exotic Seductress (1964)
  Expectant Nymph (1964)
  Fanny (1964)
  The Filly Wore a Rod (1952)
  Flight from Fear (1958)
  Framed (1955)
  Gun Moll for Hire (1948)
  Gunsmoke in Her Eyes (1949)
  Hate (1958)
  Hell’s Angel (1964)
  Hellcat (1957)
  Hilary’s Terms (1963)
  Honey, Take My Gun (1949)
  Hotsy, You’ll Be Chilled (1951)
  Invasion (1959)
  It’s Always Eve That Weeps (1951)
  Jack Spot (1958)
  The Jane with Green Eyes (1950)
  Kill Her If You Can (1952)
  Kill This Man (1958)
  Killer (1952)
  The Lady Has a Scar (1950)
  Lady, Mind That Corpse (1948)
  Lilies for My Lovely (1949)
  Menace (1955)
  Milady Took the Rap (1951)
  Mistress of Fear (1958)
  Nyloned Avenger (1953)
  Nymph in the Night (1962)
  One Man in His Time (1953)
  Persian Pride (1953)
  Play It Quiet (1962)
  Prey for a Newshawk (1961)
  Rave for a Roughneck (1962)
  Revolt (1957)
  Scarred Faces (1946)
  Second String (1963)
  Silken Menace (1953)
  Slay-Ride for Cutie (1949)
  Smart Girls Don’t Talk (1949)
  Strange Destiny (1956)
  Suddenly It’s Sin (1961)
  Sugar and Vice (1958)
  Suspense (1952)
  Sweetheart, Here’s Your Grave! (1949)
  Tension (1952)
  This Hood for Hire (1960)
  Too Soon to Die (1958)
  Torment (1953)
  Torrid Temptress (1959)
  Untamed (1955)
  When Dames Get Tough (1946)
  Whiplash (1952)
  Wild Girl (1959)
 
Arthur Kirby
 
Other High Summer Homicide [Sexton Blake] (1962)
 
Duke Linton
 
Other Bury Me Deep (1950)
  Crazy to Kill aka Trouble With A Woman (1950)
  Dames Die Too (1950)
  Enough Rope aka Snatched (1950)
  Five Days to Die (1950)
  Kill and Desire aka Hounded (1950)
  Lips of Death (1950)
  Shrouds Are Cheap (1950)
  Too Late for Death (1950)
 
Steve Markham
 
Other It's Not Easy To Die aka Protection Payoff (1949)
 
Desmond Reid
 
Other The Babcock Boys [Pinkerton Detective Agency] (1966)
  The Deadlier of the Species [Sexton Blake] (1966)
  Death Waits in Tucson [Pinkerton Detective Agency] (1966)
 
David Roland
 
Other Red Star Over London (1971)
 
Peter Saxon
 
Other The Disoriented Man aka Scream and Scream Again (1966)
 
Link Shelton
 
Other Dead Men Don't Love (1949)
 
Dave Steel
 
Other Beauty Found in a Grave (1952)
  Lady Take the Chair (1949)
  Lovely But Deadly (1952)
  Too Tough for Death (1953)
  You’ll Live to Talk (1953)
 
Danny Stephens
 
Other Not Everybody Died (1964)
 
Richard Williams
 
Other The Man With The Iron Chest [Sexton Blake] (1965)
  The Slaying of Julian Summers [Sexton Blake] (1963)
  The Sniper [Sexton Blake] (1965)
  Somebody Wants Me Dead [Sexton Blake] (1962)
  Torment Was A Redhead [Sexton Blake] (1962)
  Vendetta! [Sexton Blake] (1961)