JEFFRIES, Roderic

JEFFRIES, Roderic. Also writes as Peter Alding, Jeffrey Ashford, Hastings Draper, Roderic Graeme, Graham Hastings. British, b. 1926. Genres: Novels, Mystery/Crime/Suspense, Children's fiction. Career: Full-time writer. Formerly, barrister in London. Publications: Evidence of the Accused, 1961; Exhibit No. Thirteen, 1962; The Benefits of Death, 1963; An Embarrassing Death, 1964; Dead against the Lawyers, 1965; Death in the Coverts, 1966; A Traitor's Crime, 1968; Dead Man's Bluff, 1970; Mistakenly in Mallorca, 1974; Two-Faced Death, 1976; Troubled Deaths, 1977; Murder Begets Murder, 1979; Just Deserts, 1980; Unseemly End, 1981; Deadly Petard, 1983; Three and One Make Five, 1984; Layers of Deceit, 1985; Almost Murder, 1986; Relatively Dangerous, 1987; Death Trick, 1988; Dead Clever, 1989; Too Clever by Half, 1990; Murder's Long Memory, 1991; A Fatal Fleece, 1992; Murder Confounded, 1993; Death Takes Time, 1994; An Arcadian Death, 1995; An Artistic Way to Go, 1996; A Maze of Murders, 1997; An Enigmatic Disappearance, 1998; The Ambiguity of Murder, 1999; Definitely Deceased, 2000; Seeing Is Deceiving, 2002; An Artful Death, 2003. FOR CHILDREN: Police and Detection, 1962 (in US as Against Time!, 1964); Police Car (in US as Patrol Car), 1967; Police Dog, 1965; River Patrol, 1969; Police Patrol Boat, 1971; Trapped, 1972; The Riddle of the Parchment, 1976; The Boy Who Knew Too Much, 1977; Eighteen Desperate Hours, 1979; The Missing Man, 1980; Voyage into Danger, 1981; Peril at Sea, 1983; Sunken Danger, 1985; Meeting Trouble, 1986; The Man Who Couldn't Be, 1987. AS PETER ALDING: The C.I.D. Room (in US as All Leads Negative), 1967; Circle of Danger, 1968; Murder among Thieves, 1969; Guilt without Proof, 1970; Despite the Evidence, 1971; Call Back to Crime, 1972; Field of Fire, 1973; The Murder Line, 1974; Six Days to Death, 1975; Murder Is Suspected, 1977; Ransom Town, 1979; A Man Condemned, 1981; Betrayed by Death, 1982. AS JEFFERY ASHFORD: Counsel for the Defence, 1960; Investigations Are Proceeding, 1961 (in US as The D.I., 1962); The Burden of Proof, 1962; Will Anyone Who Saw the Accident, 1963 (as UK as Hit and Run, 1966); Enquiries Are Continuing, 1964 (in US as The Superintendent's Room, 1965); The Hands of Innocence, 1965; Forget What You Saw, 1967; Grand Prix Monaco (children), 1968; Prisoner at the Bar, 1969; To Protect the Guilty, 1970; Grand Prix Germany (children), 1970; Grand Prix United States (children), 1971; Bent Cooper, 1971; A Man Will Be Kidnapped Tomorrow, 1972; The Double Run, 1973; Grand Prix Britain (children), 1973; Dick Knox at Le Mans (children), 1974; The Colour of Violence, 1974; Three Layers of Guilt, 1975; Slow Down the World, 1976; Hostage to Death, 1977; The Anger of Fear, 1978; A Recipe for Murder, 1980; The Loss of the Culion, 1981; Guilt with Honour, 1982; A Sense of Loyalty, 1983; Presumption of Guilt, 1984; An Ideal Crime, 1985; A Question of Principle, 1986; A Crime Remembered, 1987; The Honourable Detective, 1988; A Conflict of Interests, 1989; An Illegal Solution, 1990; Deadly Reunion, 1991; Twisted Justice, 1992; Judgement Deferred, 1993; The Bitter Bite, 1994; The Price of Failure, 1995; Loyal Disloyalty, 1996; A Web of Circumstances, 1997; The Cost of Innocence, 1998; An Honest Betrayal, 1999; Murder Will Out, 2000; Looking-Glass Justice, 2001; A Truthful Injustice, 2002. AS HASTING DRAPER: Wiggery Pokery (novel), 1956; Wigged and Gowned (novel), 1958; Brief Help, 1961. AS RODERIC GRAEME: Blackshirt series, 20 vols., 1952-69; Brandy Ahoy!, 1951; Where's Brandy?, 1953; Brandy Goes a Cruising, 1954. AS GRAHAM HASTINGS: Twice Checked, 1959; Deadly Game, 1961. Address: Ca Na Paiaia, 07460 Pollenca, Mallorca, Spain.