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Victor Canning


UK flag (1911 - 1986)

aka Julian Forest, Alan Gould

Victor Canning was a prolific writer of novels and thrillers who flourished in the 1950s, '60s and '70s, but whose reputation has faded since his death in 1986. He was personally reticent, writing no memoirs and giving relatively few newspaper interviews.
 

Genres: Mystery, Children's Fiction, General Fiction
 
Series
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Rex Carver
   1. The Whip Hand (1965)
   2. Doubled in Diamonds (1966)
   3. The Python Project (1967)
   4. The Melting Man (1968)
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Smiler
   1. The Runaways (1973)
   2. Flight of the Grey Goose (1973)
   3. The Painted Tent (1974)
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Novels
   The Improvised Life of Polycarp Jarvis (1935)
     aka Polycarp's Progress
   Fly Away Paul (1936)
   Two Men Fought (1936) (as by Alan Gould)
   Mercy Lane (1937) (as by Alan Gould)
   The Uncertain Future of the Silvermans (1937)
     aka Matthew Silverman
   Sanctuary from the Dragon (1938) (as by Alan Gould)
   The Wooden Angel (1938) (as by Julian Forest)
   Every Creature of God Is Good (1939) (as by Alan Gould)
   Fountain Inn (1939)
   The Viaduct (1939) (as by Alan Gould)
   Atlantic Company (1940) (as by Alan Gould)
   Green Battlefield (1943)
   The Chasm (1947)
   Panther's Moon (1948)
     aka Hunter's Moon
   The Golden Salamander (1949)
   A Forest of Eyes (1950)
   Venetian Bird (1951)
     aka Bird of Prey
   The House of the Seven Flies (1952)
   The Man from the 'Turkish Slave' (1954)
     aka A Handful of Silver
   Castle Minerva (1955)
   His Bones Are Coral (1955)
     aka Twist of the knife
   The Hidden Face (1956)
     aka Burden of Proof
   The Manasco Road (1957)
     aka The Forbidden Road
   Dragon Tree (1958)
     aka The Captives of Mora Island
   The Burning Eye (1960)
   A Delivery of Furies (1961)
   Black flamingo (1962)
   The Limbo Line (1963)
   The Scorpio Letters (1964)
   The Shark Run (1968)
   Queen's Pawn (1969)
   Dev-i istabdad (1970)
   Great Affair (1970)
   Firecrest (1971)
   The Rainbird Pattern (1972)
     aka Family Plot
   The Finger of Saturn (1973)
   The Mask of Memory (1974)
   The Kingsford Mark (1975)
   The Doomsday Carrier (1976)
   Birdcage (1978)
   The Satan Sampler (1979)
   Fall from Grace (1980)
   Boy on Platform One (1981)
     aka Memory Boy
   Vanishing Point (1982)
   Raven's Wind (1983)
   Birds of a Feather (1985)
   Table Number Seven (1987)
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Collections
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Novellas and Short Stories
   The Minerva Club (2020)
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
Anthologies containing stories by Victor Canning
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Murder by the Book (2021)
Mysteries for Bibliophiles
(British Library Crime Classics)
edited by
Martin Edwards
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A Surprise for Christmas (2020)
And Other Seasonal Mysteries
(British Library Crime Classics)
edited by
Martin Edwards

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