MICHAEL GILBERT

1912 - 2006

Writing as: Michael Gilbert

Born in England, Michael Gilbert earned his living as a lawyer in London but still found time to produce an impressive list of books, mostly mysteries, which were themselves quite impressive. He served in the Royal Army during WWII. At one point he was a POW but he and another man escaped and marched over 500 miles to freedom. He was named Grand Master by the Mystery Writers of America in 1988. He had already been made an CBE.

Series		Books

Calder & Behrens		Game Without Rules (1968)
		Mr. Calder and Mr. Behrens (1982)
		The Murder of Diana Devon and other Mysteries (2009)
		A Prince of Abyssinia (ss) (1962)
		On Slay Down (ss) (1962)
		The Cat Cracker (ss) (1962)
		The Headmaster (ss) (1962)
		Trembling's Tours (ss) (1962)
		Prometheus Unbound (ss) (1962)
		Cross-Over (nv) (1963)
		The Spoilers (ss) (1965)
		Heilige Nacht (ss) (1966)
		The Road to Damascus (ss) (1966)
		"Upon the King..." (ss) (1967)
		Double, Double (nv) (1967)
		The Twilight of the Gods (nv) (1967)
		One-to-Ten (ss) (1968)
		The Peaceful People (ss) (1968)
		Emergency Exit (ss) (1968)
		Churchill's Men (ss) (1968)
		St. Ethelburga and the Angel of Death (ss) (1969)
		The African Tree Beavers (na) (1971)
		The Lion and the Virgin (ss) (1971)
		The Decline and Fall of Mr. Behrens (ss) (1973)
		Signal Tresham (ss) (1980)
		The Mercenaries (na) (1981)
		The Killing of Michael Finnegan (na) (1981)
		Early Warning (ss) (1981)
		The Last Reunion (nv) (1981)
		Anything for a Quiet Life (na) (1983)

Luke Pagan		Ring of Terror (1995)
		Into Battle (1996)
		Over and Out (1998)

Other		After the Fine Weather (1963)
		Amateur in Violence aka The Unstoppable Man (1973)
		Anything for a Quiet Life [Jonas Pickett] (1990)
		The Bargain (play) (1961)
		Be Shot for Sixpence (1956)
		The Black Seraphim (1983)
		Blood and Judgment [Insp. Petrella (1959)
		The Body of a Girl [Warren Mercer] (1972)
		A Clean Kill (play) (1960)
		Close Quarters [Insp. Hazlerigg] (1947)
		The Country-House Burglar aka Sky High (1955)
		The Crack in the Teacup (1966)
		The Danger Within aka Death in Captivity (1952)
		Death Has Deep Roots [Insp. Hazlerigg] aka Breakout (1951)
		Death of a Favourite Girl aka The Killing of Katie Steelstock (1980)
		The Doors Open [Insp. Hazlerigg] (1949)
		The Dust and the Heat aka Overdrive (1967)
		The Empty House (Hodder, 1978, hc) [England] Harper, 1979. (1978)
		End-Game aka The Final Throw (1982)
		The Etruscan Net aka The Family Tomb (1969)
		Fear to Tread [Insp. Hazlerigg] (1953)
		Flash Point (Hodder, 1974, hc) [London] Harper, 1974. (1974)
		He Didn’t Mind Danger aka They Never Looked Inside [Insp. Hazlerigg] (1949)
		Into Battle [Luke Pagan] (1997)
		The Long Journey Home (1985)
		The Man Who Hated Banks and other mysteries (1997)
		The Mathematics of Murder (2000)
		The Night of the Twelfth (1976)
		The Ninety-Second Tiger (1973)
		Over and Out [Luke Pagan] (1998)
		Paint, Gold and Blood (1989)
		Petrella at Q [Insp. Petrella] (1977)
		The Queen Against Karl Mullen (1991)
		Ring of Terror [Luke Pagan] (1995)
		Roller-Coaster [Insp. Petrella (1993)
		The Shot in Question (Constable, 1963, pb) Play. (1963)
		Smallbone Deceased [Insp. Hazlerigg] (1950)
		Stay of Execution (1971)
		Trouble (1987)
		Young Petrella [Insp. Petrella] (1988)