SGAG Logo

SYDNEY HORLER

1988 - 1954

Writing as: Sydney Horler


Sydney Horler was a very prolific British writer of thrillers, especially spy adventures. He was born in Essex and educated at Redcliffe School and Colston School in Bristol. He worked as a journalist for several years at different locations, ending up in London, before deciding to write books for a living.



Series Books
 
Tiger Standish Tiger Standish (1932)
  Tiger Standish Comes Back (1934)
  The Mystery of the Seven Cafes (1935)
  The Grim Game (1936)
  Tiger Standish Takes The Field (1939)
  Tiger Standish Steps On It (1940)
  Tiger Standish Does His Stuff (1942)
  The Lady With The Limp (1944)
  Exit The Disguiser (1948)
  They Thought He Was Dead (1949)
  The House Of Jackals (1951)
  Tiger Standish On The War-Path (ss) (1941)
  The Laughing Tornado Gets A Split Lip (ss) (1941)
  Tiger Standish Has A Party (ss) (1943)
 
Bunny Chipstead In The Dark (1927)
  Chipstead Of The Lone Hand (1928)
  The Secret Agent (1934)
  The Enemy Within The Gates (1940)
 
Paul Vivanti The Mystery of No. 1 (1925)
  Vivanti (1927)
  The Worst Man in the World (1929)
  Vivanti Returns (1931)
  Lord Of Terror (1935)
  Virus X (1945)
 
Harker Bellamy The Curse Of Doone (1928)
  My Lady Dangerous (1932)
  Tiger Standish (1932)
  Tiger Standish Comes Back (1934)
  The Mystery of the Seven Cafes (1935)
  The Grim Game (1936)
  Tiger Standish Takes The Field (1939)
  Tiger Standish Steps On It (1940)
  The Lady With The Limp (1944)
  Exit The Disguiser (1948)
 
Justin March Enter The Ace (1941)
  Hell's Brew (1952)
  The Dark Night (1953)
 
Baron Veseloffsky False-Face (1926)
  Miss Mystery (1928)
 
Brett Carstairs The Man Who Walked With Death (1931)
  The Spy (1931)
 
Brian Fordinghame False-Face (1926)
  The Murder Mask (1930)
  High Stakes (1932)
  The Prince Of Plunder (1934)
 
Other The 13th Hour (1928)
  Adventure Calling! (1931)
  The Ball of Fortune (1925)
  The Beacon Light (1949)
  The Black Heart (1927)
  The Blanco Case (1950)
  The Breed of the Beverleys (1920)
  A Bullet for the Countess (1945)
  The Cage (1953)
  Cavalier Of Chance aka Peril! (1931)
  Checkmate (1930)
  The Corridors of Fear (1947)
  Danger Preferred (1942)
  Danger's Bright Eyes (1930)
  The Dark Hostess (1955)
  Dark Journey (1938)
  Death At Court Lady (1936)
  Death of a Spy (1953)
  The Devil Comes to Bolobyn (1951)
  Dr. Cupid (1941)
  The Evil Chateau (1930)
  The Evil Messenger [Sebastian Quin] (1938)
  The Exploits of Peter (1930)
  The Face Of Stone (1952)
  The False Purple aka Princess After Dark (1931)
  Fear Walked Behind [Sebastian Quin] (1942)
  The Formula aka The Charlatan (1933)
  A Gentleman for the Gallows (1938)
  Gentleman-in-waiting (1932)
  Girl Trouble (1940)
  Goal! (1920)
  Haloes for Hire (1940)
  Harlequin of Death (1933)
  Heart Cut Diamond (1929)
  Here Is an S.O.S [Chief Constable George Meatyard] (1939)
  The Hidden Hand (1937)
  The High Game (1950)
  High Hazard (1943)
  High Pressure (1946)
  Horror's Head [Inspector H. Emp] (1932)
  The Hostage (1943)
  The House of Secrets (1926)
  The House of the Uneasy Dead (1947)
  The House With The Light (1948)
  Huntress Of Death (1933)
  Instruments of Darkness (1937)
  Knaves & Co (1938)
  Lady Of The Night (1929)
  The Legend of the League (1922)
  The Lessing Murder Case (1935)
  Love, the Sportsman (1923)
  Man Alive (1948)
  The Man From Scotland Yard (1934)
  The Man in the Cloak [Robert Wynnton] (1951)
  The Man in the Hood (1955)
  The Man in the Shadows (1955)
  The Man in White (1942)
  A Man of Affairs (1949)
  The Man of Evil (1951)
  The Man Who Did Not Hang (1948)
  The Man Who Died Twice (1941)
  The Man Who Loved Spiders [Chief Constable George Meatyard] (1948)
  The Man Who Mislaid the War (1943)
  The Man Who Preferred Cocktails (1943)
  The Man Who Saved the Club (1926)
  The Man Who Shook The Earth (1933)
  The Man Who Stayed To Supper (1941)
  The Man Who Used Perfume [Robert Wynnton] (1952)
  The Man with Dry Hands (1944)
  The Man with Three Wives (1947)
  Marry the Girl (1945)
  Master Of Venom [Inspector H. Emp] (1949)
  McPhee aka The Great Game (1923)
  The Menace (1933)
  Midnight Love (1931)
  The Mocking Face of Murder (1952)
  Murder for Sale (1945)
  Murder Is So Simple (1943)
  Murderer At Large [Inspector H. Emp] (1952)
  The Mystery of Mr X (1951)
  Nap On Nighthawk (1950)
  The Night of Reckoning (1942)
  Nighthawk Mops Up [Gerald Frost (Nighthawk)] (1944)
  Nighthawk Strikes To Kill [Gerald Frost (Nighthawk)] (1941)
  Nighthawk Swears Vengeance [Gerald Frost (Nighthawk)] (1 (4))
  Now Let Us Hate (1942)
  Oh, Professor! (1946)
  On the Ball! (1926)
  The Phantom Forward (1939)
  A Pro's Romance (1930)
  The Return of The Nighthawk [Gerald Frost (Nighthawk)] (1940)
  Ring Up Nighthawk [Gerald Frost (Nighthawk)] (1947)
  S.O.S (1934)
  School! School! (1925)
  The Secret Hand (1954)
  Sinister Street (1944)
  Song of the Scrum (1934)
  Springtime Comes to William (1943)
  Standish of the Rangeland (1916)
  The Temptation of Mary Gordon (1931)
  Terror Comes to Twelvetrees (1945)
  Terror On Tip-toe (1939)
  That Fellow Hagan! (1927)
  These Men and Women (1951)
  They Called Him Nighthawk [Gerald Frost (Nighthawk)] (1937)
  The Traitor (1936)
  The Vampire (1935)
  The Web (1951)
  Wedding Bells (1950)
  Whilst the Crowd Roared (1949)
  Wolves of the Night (1931)