JEFFERY RAND

Full Name:	C. Jeffery Rand
Nationality:	British
Organization:	Department of Concealed Communications
Occupation	Agent

Creator:	Edward Hoch
Time Span:	1965 - 2008

ABOUT THE SERIES

Jeffery Rand is an agent with British Intelligence.

Rand, whose first name is sometimes spelled Jeffrey, is a expert specializing in codes and cyphers, though he quickly becomes quite good at being a detective as well. Rand is the Director of the Department of Concealed Communications created in 1963. Long before the days of one-time pads and 64-, 128-, and 256-bit encryption, the men and women of this agency worked to crack the codes of the enemy and to create encryption methods for its own side.

Born in 1926, Rand is 39 years old when the first story appeared in 1965. Unmarried, he is said to have an eye for the ladies but lacks the drive to maintain a lasting relationship, at least for the first few years. As the series continues, he eventually meets a half-Scottish, half-Egyptian woman named Leila Gaad, falls in love after a time, and then marries her. After his retirement from the Department, the two take numerous trips to interesting places, giving him even more opportunity to get into trouble.

Rand loves a good puzzle and cannot resist when one shows itself. Nor can he sleep when one is still nibbling at him and he takes on an almost-childlike excitement when he begins to see the solution, a trait that is infectious to those around him and humorous to his wife.

No novel was ever written about Rand - all his adventures are told through short stories published in the pages of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. Three books were published containing some of the stories, with a fourth mentioned in one of the books but not verified by me as yet (though why would he lie?).

In total, approximately 81 stories were written about Rand from the first in 1965 to the last published the year of the author's death, 2008.

BOOKS

Number of Books:	4
First Appearance:	1971
Last Appearance:	2001

Despite the fact that Edward Hoch never wrote a novel about the spy named Rand, four books were released. Each of these contained a few Rand stories taken from the pages of the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. A couple of the stories appeared in more than one collection.


1			The Spy And The Thief Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1971 A compilation of 14 stories from the pages of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. The first are about Rand: The Spy And The Bermuda Cipher The Spy And The Calendar Network The Spy Who Came To The End Of The Road The Spy Who Had Faith In Double-C The Spy Who Purchased A Lavender The Spy Who Took The Long Route The remaining 7 are about gentleman thief Nick Velvet: The Theft Of The Blue Horse The Theft Of The Brazen Letters The Theft Of The Coco Loot The Theft Of The Laughing Lions The Theft Of The Wicked Tickets

2			Tales of Espionage Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1989 A compilation of 8 Rand stories. There were also a selection of Edward Hoch's Interpol stories and stories from other authors. The Rand stories are: The Spy In The Pyramid The Spy Who Traveled With A Coffin The Spy In The Toy Business The Spy And The Cats Of Rome The Spy In The Labyrinth The Spy And The Snowman The Spy At The End Of The Rainbow The Spy Who Didn't Defect

3			The Spy Who Read Latin Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1990 Another collection of intriguing stories and mysteries concern Rand. This volume contained 5 stories: The Spy Who Came To The Brink The Spy Who Read Latin The Spy Who Traveled With A Coffin The Spy Who Collected Lapel Pins The Spy Who Came Back From The Dead

4			The Old Spies Club Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 2001 Contains 15 stories about Rand and his wife, - Leila Gaad, most taking place after his retirement from the Service though still involved in intrigue. The stories are: The Spy And The Nile Mermaid The Spy In The Pyramid The Spy At The End Of The Rainbow The Spy Who Took A Vacation The Spy And The Cats Of Rome The Spy In The Labyrinth The Spy Who Was Alone The Spy Who Wasn’t Needed The Spy And The Healing Waters Egyptian Days Waiting For Mrs. Ryder The Old Spies Club One Bag Of Coconuts The Man From Nile K The War That Never Was

NOVELLAS AND SHORT STORIES

Number of Stories:	86
First Appearance:	1965
Last Appearance:	2008

The incredibly talented Edward Hoch created the character Jeffrey Rand as yet another interesting entry for the Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine and must have liked the man and the challenge of mixing espionage and mystery for he continued depicting cases/assignments for the next 35 years. In fact, only a handful of years did not contain at least two or three stories.

Except where noted, all stories were published in Ellery Queen.


1			The Spy Who Did Nothing short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1965 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 05/1965. Reprinted in the anthology Spies and More Spies (1967). [plot unknown]

2			The Spy Who Had Faith In Double-C short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1965 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 08/1965 - Reprinted in the collection The Spy and the Thief - [plot unknown]

3			The Spy Who Came To The Brink short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1965 Published in 2 issues of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, (US - Dec. 1965 & UK - Dec. 1965), then in 3 printed versions of the anthology Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories To Stay Awake By (Random House - 1971, Dell - 1973 & Pan Books - 1974 in Book One). Also reprinted in the collection The Spy Who Read Latin [plot unknown]

4			The Spy Who Took The Long Route short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1966 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 03/1966 - Reprinted in the collection The Spy and the Thief - [plot unknown]

5			The Spy Who Came To The End Of The Road short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1966 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 07/1966 - Reprinted in the collection The Spy and the Thief - [plot unknown]

6			The Spy Who Walked Through Walls short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1966 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 11/1966 - [plot unknown]

7			The Spy Who Came Out Of The Night short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1967 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (US - Apr. 1967), then later in the Argosy - The Short Story Magazine (UK - Dec. 1973). [plot unknown]

8			The Spy Who Worked For Peace short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1967 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 08/1967 - [plot unknown]

9			The Spy Who Didn't Exist short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1967 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/1967 - [plot unknown]

10			The Spy Who Clutched A Playing Card short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1968 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 02/1968 - [plot unknown]

11			The Spy Who Read Latin short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1968 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 08/1968 - Reprinted in the collection The Spy Who Read Latin - [plot unknown]

12			The Spy Who Purchased A Lavender short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1969 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 04/1969 - Reprinted in the collection The Spy and the Thief - [plot unknown]

13			The Spy And The Shopping List Code short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1969 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 07/1969 - [plot unknown]

14			The Spy And The Calendar Network short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1969 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 11/1969 - Reprinted in the collection The Spy and the Thief - [plot unknown]

15			The Spy And The Bermuda Cipher short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1970 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 06/1970 - Reprinted in the collection The Spy and the Thief - [plot unknown]

16			The Spy Who Traveled With A Coffin short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1970 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 10/1970 - Reprinted in the collection Tales of Espionage and in the collection The Spy Who Read Latin - [plot unknown]

17			The Spy And The Diplomat'S Daughter short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1971 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 01/1971 - [plot unknown]

18			The Spy And The Nile Mermaid short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1971 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 03/1971 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

19			The Spy Who Knew Too Much short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1971 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (US - Aug. 1971), then later in the magazine Adam (AUS - Mar. 1973). [plot unknown]

20			The Spy Without A Country short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1972 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 02/1972 - [plot unknown]

21			The Spy Who Didn't Remember short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1972 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 04/1972. Also printed in the magazine Ellery Queen's Anthology #36 (Fall/Winter 1978) and in the book Ellery Queen Masters of Mystery (1987). [plot unknown]

22			The Spy And The Reluctant Courier short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1972 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 06/1972 - [plot unknown]

23			The Spy In The Pyramid short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1972 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, (US - Sep. 1972), then in Argosy (UK - Mar. 1973). Reprinted in the collection Tales of Espionage and in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

24			The Spy Who Was Expected short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1972 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/1972 - [plot unknown]

25			The Spy With The Knockout Punch short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1973 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (US - Aug 1973), then in Ellery Queen's Anthology #40 (Fall/Winter 1980). [plot unknown]

26			The Spy And The Intercepted Letters short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1974 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 01/1974 - [plot unknown]

27			The Spy At The End Of The Rainbow short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1974 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine (US - Apr. 1974), then in Ellery Queen's Anthology #38 (Fall/Winter 1979). Reprinted in the collection Tales of Espionage and in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

28			The Spy And The Talking House short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1974 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 11/1974 - [plot unknown]

29			The Spy Who Took A Vacation short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1975 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 04/1975 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

30			The Spy And The Mysterious Card short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1975 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 10/1975 - [plot unknown]

31			The Spy Who Collected Lapel Pins short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1976 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 03/1976 - Reprinted in the collection The Spy Who Read Latin - [plot unknown]

32			The Spy At The Crime Writers' Congress short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1976 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 11/1976. Also printed in the magazine Ellery Queen's Anthology #41 (Spring/Summer 1981) and the book Ellery Queen Masters Of Mystery (1987) [plot unknown]

33			The Spy Who Died Twice short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1977 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 07/1977 - [plot unknown]

34			The Spy In The Toy Business short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1978 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 01/1978 - Reprinted in the collection Tales of Espionage - [plot unknown]

35			The Spy And The Cats Of Rome short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1978 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 06/1978 - Reprinted in the collection Tales of Espionage and in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

36			The Spy In The Labyrinth short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1978 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/1978 - Reprinted in the collection Tales of Espionage and in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

37			The Spy Who Had A List short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1979 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 05/1979 - [plot unknown]

38			The Spy Who Was Alone short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1979 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 09/1979 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

39			The Spy Who Wasn't Needed short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1979 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/1979 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

40			The Spy Who Came Back From The Dead short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1980 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 06/1980 - Reprinted in the collection The Spy Who Read Latin - [plot unknown]

41			The Spy And The Snowman short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1980 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 11/1980 - Reprinted in the collection Tales of Espionage - [plot unknown]

42			The Spy And The Walrus Cipher short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1981 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 03/1981 - [plot unknown]

43			The Spy Who Didn't Defect short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1981 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 09/1981 - Reprinted in the collection Tales of Espionage - [plot unknown]

44			The Spy Who Stayed Up All Night short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1981 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 11/1981 - [plot unknown]

45			The Spy At The Film Festival short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1982 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 06/1982 - [plot unknown]

46			The Spy And The Village Murder short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1982 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 10/1982 - [plot unknown]

47			The Spy Who Sat In Judgment short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1983 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 04/1983 - [plot unknown]

48			The Spy Who Stepped Back In Time short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1983 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 07/1983 - [plot unknown]

49			The Spy Who Went To The Opera short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1984 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 04/1984 - [plot unknown]

50			The Spy At The Top Of The List short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1984 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 07/1984 - [plot unknown]

51			The Spy And The Suicide Club short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1985 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 01/1985 - [plot unknown]

52			The Spy On The Seaway short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1985 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 02/1985. Also published in Espionage Magazine. [plot unknown]

53			The Spy Who Looked Back short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1985 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 08/1985 - [plot unknown]

54			The Spy At The Spa short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1985 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/1985 - [plot unknown]

55			The Spy Who Knew The Future short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1986 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 07/1986 - [plot unknown]

56			The Spy's Story short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1986 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/1986 - [plot unknown]

57			Spy For Sale short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1987 Published in The New Black Mask, #8, 03/1987 - [plot unknown]

58			The Spy And The Short-Order Cipher short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1987 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 06/1987 - [plot unknown]

59			The Spy And The Embassy Murders short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1988 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 01/1988 - [plot unknown]

60			A Game For Spies short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1988 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 06/1988 - [plot unknown]

61			The Spy And The Guy Fawkes Bombing short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1988 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/1988 - [plot unknown]

62			The Underground Spy short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1989 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 04/1989 - [plot unknown]

63			The Spy And The Geomancers short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1989 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 10/1989 - [plot unknown]

64			The Spy Who Went To Camelot short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1990 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 03/1990 - [plot unknown]

65			The Spy And The Healing Waters short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1990 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 08/1990 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

66			The Spy And The Christmas Cipher short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1990 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/1990 - [plot unknown]

67			The Spy And The Gypsy short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1991 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 03/1991 - [plot unknown]

68			The Spy And The Psychics short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1991 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 10/1991 - [plot unknown]

69			The Spy And The Greek Enigma short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1992 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 04/1992 - [plot unknown]

70			The Spy With The Icicle Eye short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1993 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 03/1993 - [plot unknown]

71			Spy At Sea short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1993 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 10/1993 - [plot unknown]

72			Egyptian Days short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1994 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 03/1994 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

73			Waiting For Mrs. Ryder short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1994 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 11/1994 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

74			The Nine-O'Clock Gun short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1995 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 08/1995 - [plot unknown]

75			Train To Luxor short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1996 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 04/1996 - [plot unknown]

76			The Old Spies Club short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1997 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 03/1997 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

77			One Bag Of Coconuts short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1997 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 11/1997 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

78			The Liverpool Kiss short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1998 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 07/1998 - [plot unknown]

79			The Man From Nile K short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1999 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 07/1999 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

80			The War That Never Was short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 1999 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/1999 - Reprinted in the collection The Old Spies Club - [plot unknown]

81			Season Of The Camel short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 2000 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 10/2000 - [plot unknown]

82			Tower To Nowhere short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 2002 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 03/2002 - [plot unknown]

83			The Spy And The Minotaur short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 2002 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 07/2002 - [plot unknown]

84			The Face Of Ali Baba short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 2003 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/2003 - [plot unknown]

85			Paris Masque short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 2005 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 01/2005 - [plot unknown]

86			The Alexandrian Solution short story Written by Edward Hoch Copyright: 2008 Published in Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, 12/2008 - [plot unknown]

PARODIES, SATIRES, AND PASTICHES

Number of Entries:	1
First Appearance:	1972
Last Appearance:	1972


1			The Theft of the Spy Who Published by Dell Magazines Contributors: Josh Pachter Copyright: 1972 A parody/pastiche of Edward Hoch characters Jeffery Rand as Bland, Nick Velvet as Vic Nelvet and Captain Leopold as Leo Pold published in the September 1972 issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine. [Plot Unknown]

MY COMMENTS

Mr. Hoch's specialty was mysteries so that is the main emphasis for the Rand stories. He dealt more in breaking codes and later in solving murders than in espionage work but no list of spies would be complete without including the terrific tales that Mr. Hoch gave us over the years.

I once worked in the field of code breaking but I never was in the league with Jeffery Rand. Too bad, too, because I think I'd have fallen for his eventual wife, Leila.

What is interesting about Rand is the truth he shows about code breaking and how man-made codes can be broken by another man if enough of the puzzle is visible. It just takes time and patience and often a matter of understanding the man who wrote the cypher.

GRADE

My Grade: B

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