HUGH PENTECOST/JUDSON PHILIPS/PHILIP OWEN:

This is Pentecost's output, with year of publication, alternate titles (if any), Swedish titles, and the detective of the story. There are a number of uncollected short stories (nos. 72-165). Then follow the novels (nos. ) and short stories (nos. 166-171) published as by Judson Philips. Finally, there's one novel published as Philip Owen (no. ).

LB = Luke Bradley
JS = Dr. John Smith
LP = Lieutenant Pascal
GS = Grant Simon
GC = George Crowder
PC = Pierre Chambrun
JJ = John Jericho
JQ = Julian Quist
JL = Jeff Larigan
AQ = Alan Quist
CT/MB = Carol Trevor/Max Blythe
C/D = Coyle/Donovan
PS = Peter Styles


  1. CANCELLED IN RED 1939
    Överstämplat med rött
    (LB)

  2. THE 24TH HORSE 1940
    (LB)

  3. I’LL SING AT YOUR FUNERAL 1942
    (LB)

  4. THE BRASS CHILLS 1943
    (LB)

  5. CAT AND MOUSE 1944

  6. THE DEAD MAN’S TALE 1945

  7. DEATH WEARS A COPPER NECKTIE 1946

    1. The case of the broken cigarette
    2. Death wears a copper necktie
    3. Evidence of the dead

  8. MEMORY OF MURDER 1947
    (JS)

    1. Secret corridors
    2. Fear unlocked...
    3. Memory of murder
    4. Volcano (Volcano in the mind)

  9. WHERE THE SNOW WAS RED 1949
    (JS)

  10. SHADOW OF MADNESS 1950
    (JS)

  11. LT. PASCAL’S TASTES IN HOMICIDE 1954
    (LP)

    1. The eager victim (Tomorrow is yesterday)
    2. Murder in the dark
    3. The murder machine

  12. THE ASSASSINS 1955

  13. THE OBITUARY CLUB 1958
    (GS/LP)

  14. THE LONELY TARGET 1959
    (GS/LP)

  15. THE KINGDOM OF DEATH 1960

  16. CHOICE OF VIOLENCE 1961
    (GC)

  17. THE DEADLY FRIEND 1961

  18. THE CANNIBAL WHO OVERATE 1962
    (PC)

  19. THE TARNISHED ANGEL 1963

  20. ONLY THE RICH DIE YOUNG 1964
    (LP)

  21. THE SHAPE OF FEAR 1964
    Fasans hus
    (PC)

  22. SNIPER 1965
    (JJ)

  23. THE CREEPING HOURS 1966
    (JJ/LP)

  24. THE EVIL THAT MEN DO 1966
    (PC)

  25. HIDE HER FROM EVERY EYE 1966
    (JJ)

  26. DEAD WOMAN OF THE YEAR 1967
    (JJ/LP)

  27. THE GOLDEN TRAP 1967
    Den gyllene fällan
    (PC)

  28. THE GILDED NIGHTMARE 1968
    (PC)

  29. GIRL WATCHER’S FUNERAL 1969
    (PC)

  30. THE GIRL WITH SIX FINGERS 1969
    (JJ)

  31. AROUND DARK CORNERS 1970
    (GC)

    1. A black eye for Miss Millington (The sooty man)
    2. Hector is willing
    3. Hunting day
    4. In the middle of nowhere
    5. A man inside
    6. The monster of Lakeview
    7. Murder throws a curve (Murder by a southpaw)
    8. My dear uncle Sherlock
    9. Our turn to kill

  32. A PLAGUE OF VIOLENCE 1970
    (JJ)

  33. THE DEADLY JOKE 1971
    På kornet, så lik
    (PC)

  34. DON’T DROP DEAD TOMORROW 1971
    (JQ)

  35. BIRTHDAY, DEATHDAY 1972
    (PC)

  36. THE CHAMPAGNE KILLER 1972
    (JQ)

  37. THE BEAUTIFUL DEAD 1973
    (JQ)

  38. WALKING DEAD MAN 1973
    (PC)

  39. BARGAIN WITH DEATH 1974
    (PC)

  40. THE JUDAS FREAK 1974
    (JQ)

  41. HONEYMOON WITH DEATH 1975
    (JQ)

  42. TIME OF TERROR 1975
    (PC)

  43. THE DAY THE CHILDREN VANISHED 1976
    Kidnapparna

  44. DIE AFTER DARK 1976
    (JQ)

  45. THE FOURTEEN DILEMMA 1976
    (PC)

  46. MURDER AS USUAL 1977

  47. THE STEEL PALACE 1977
    (JQ)

  48. DEADLY TRAP 1978
    (JQ)

  49. DEATH AFTER BREAKFAST 1978
    Död efter frukost
    (PC)

  50. THE HOMICIDAL HORSE 1979
    (JQ)

  51. RANDOM KILLER 1979
    (PC)

  52. BEWARE YOUNG LOVERS 1980
    (PC)

  53. DEATH MASK 1980
    (JQ)

  54. MURDER IN LUXURY 1981
    (PC)

  55. SOW DEATH, REAP DEATH 1981
    (JQ)

  56. PAST, PRESENT, AND MURDER 1982
    (JQ)

  57. WITH INTENT TO KILL 1982
    (PC)

  58. THE COPYCAT KILLERS 1983
    (GC)

  59. MURDER IN HIGH PLACES 1983
    (PC)

  60. MURDER OUT OF WEDLOCK 1983
    (JQ/PC)

  61. THE PRICE OF SILENCE 1984
    (GC)

  62. REMEMBER TO KILL ME 1984
    (PC)

  63. SUBSTITUTE VICTIM 1984
    (JQ)

  64. MURDER ROUND THE CLOCK 1985
    (PC)

    1. Chambrun and the double event
    2. Chambrun and the electronic ear
    3. Chambrun and the melting swan
    4. Chambrun and the obvious clue
    5. Chambrun gets the message
    6. The masked crusader
    7. Murder deluxe
    8. Pierre Chambrun and the black dogs
    9. Pierre Chambrun and the last fling
    10. Pierre Chambrun and the sad song
    11. Pierre Chambrun and the war for peace
    12. Pierre Chambrun defends himself
    13. Pierre Chambrun’s dilemma

  65. MURDER SWEET AND SOUR 1985
    (GC)

  66. THE PARTY KILLER 1985
    (JQ)

  67. DEATH BY FIRE 1986
    (GC)

  68. NIGHTMARE TIME 1986
    (PC)

  69. KILL AND KILL AGAIN 1987
    (JQ)

  70. MURDER GOES ROUND AND ROUND 1988
    (PC)

  71. PATTERN FOR TERROR 1990
    (GC)





  72. Cat and mouse 1941

  73. The corpse was beautiful 1942

  74. The dead man’s tale 1943

  75. Man to man 1943

  76. Killer-diller 1945

  77. Model murder 1945

  78. Face in the dark 1945

  79. Traitors trail 1945

  80. Chinese nightmare 1947

  81. The trail of the crescent moons 1947 (The Cassandra Club)
    (JL/AQ)

  82. Challenge to the reader 1947

  83. The girl who lived dangerously 1948 (An element of risk)
    (JL/AQ)

  84. The fourth degree 1948
    (JS)

  85. Death in studio 2 1951

  86. The contradictory case 1951
    (LP)

  87. The man who had no friends 1951

  88. The talking calf 1952 (The talking calf murders)

  89. Murder in Manhattan 1952
    Mord på Manhattan

  90. Murder plays through 1952

  91. Lonely boy 1952

  92. The last full measure 1953 (The dagger)

  93. Murder underground 1953 (Murder goes underground)

  94. A matter of justice 1953 (The case of the killer dogs)

  95. If I should die 1955

  96. The show must go on 1955 (Murder in C-minor)

  97. An end to fear 1957

  98. The man with half a face 1958

  99. The day the children vanished 1958
    Dagen när barnen försvann

  100. The lame duck house party 1959

  101. Know your people 1959

  102. The missing miss maydew 1959

  103. The unpunishable murder 1959

  104. Cop’s job to know 1959 (Good cop)

  105. The bottomless pit 1960

  106. Far, far better thing 1960

  107. Waterfront shakedown 1960

  108. Who wants to be a dead hero? 1960

  109. No witnesses on the waterfront 1960 (The ghost of Champagne Charlie)
    I hamnen finns inga vittnen

  110. Frightened star 1961

  111. The rubber doorstops 1961 (Murder hunts a hero)
    (AQ)

  112. Hover through the fog 1962

  113. A kind of murder 1962

  114. The man with the sixteen beards 1962

  115. A world of envelopes 1962

  116. Delinquent account 1963

  117. The man in seat 12 1964

  118. Jericho and the skiing clue 1964
    (JJ)

  119. The needle sharp as ever 1964

  120. Jericho and the silent witnesses 1965
    (JJ)

  121. Jericho and the dying clue 1965
    (JJ)

  122. Jericho and the painting clue 1965
    (JJ)

  123. Jericho and the à go-go clue 1966
    (JJ)

  124. Jericho and the nuisance clue 1966
    (JJ)

  125. The false face murder 1967
    Maskerat mord

  126. Blood-red in the morning 1970

  127. Jericho and the dead clue 1971
    (JJ)

  128. Jericho and the two ways to die 1972
    (JJ)

  129. Chambrun plays it cool 1973
    (PC)

  130. Jericho and the deadly errand 1973
    (JJ)

  131. Jericho and the missing boy 1973
    (JJ)

  132. Jericho plays it cool 1973
    (JJ)

  133. They’ll kill the lady 1974

  134. Jericho and the frightened woman 1974
    (JJ)

  135. Jericho and the sea of faces 1974
    (JJ)

  136. Jericho and the studio murders 1975
    (JJ)

  137. Jericho and the unknown lover 1975
    (JJ)

  138. The long cry for help 1975

  139. The dark saga 1976

  140. Jericho on campus 1976
    (JJ)

  141. Chambrun and the matter of inches 1977
    (PC)

  142. The birthday killer 1978

  143. Chambrun corrects an imperfection 1978
    (PC)

  144. Jericho and the million-to-one clue 1979
    (JJ)

  145. The man who stirred champagne 1979

  146. Jericho and the assassin 1979
    (JJ)

  147. Jericho and the cardboard box 1980
    (JJ)

  148. Jericho and the memorial night 1980
    (JJ)

  149. Paid in full 1981

  150. Key witness 1981

  151. Act of violence 1982

  152. Bitter secret 1982

  153. A bad influence 1983

  154. Chambrun and the 422 names 1984
    (PC)

  155. Accessory after the facts 1985

  156. Chambrun defends his man 1985
    (PC)

  157. Jericho and the lady jogger 1985
    (JJ)

  158. Double death 1986

  159. Eight-point spread 1986

  160. Mismatch 1986

  161. Jericho’s way 1987
    (JJ)

  162. The deadly spook 1988

  163. An easy murder 1989

  164. An eye for an eye 1989

  165. Saratoga in august 1995





  166. RED WAR 1936 *
    Världsförrädaren

  167. THE DEATH SYNDICATE 1938
    (CT/MB)

  168. DEATH DELIVERS A POSTCARD 1939
    (CT/MB)

  169. MURDER IN MARBLE 1940

  170. ODDS ON THE HOT SEAT 1941
    (C/D)

  171. THE FOURTEENTH TRUMP 1942
    (C/D)

  172. KILLER ON THE CATWALK 1959

  173. WHISPER TOWN 1960

  174. MURDER CLEAR, TRACK FAST 1961

  175. A DEAD ENDING 1962

  176. THE DEAD CAN’T LOVE 1963

  177. THE LAUGHTER TRAP 1964
    (PS)

  178. THE BLACK GLASS CITY 1965
    (PS)

  179. THE TWISTED PEOPLE 1965
    (PS)

  180. WINGS OF MADNESS 1966
    (PS)

  181. THURSDAY’S FOLLY 1967
    (PS)

  182. HOT SUMMER KILLING 1968
    (PS)

  183. NIGHTMARE AT DAWN 1970
    (PS)

  184. ESCAPE A KILLER 1971
    (PS)

  185. THE VANISHING SENATOR 1972
    (PS)

  186. THE LARKSPUR CONSPIRACY 1973
    (PS)

  187. THE POWER KILLERS 1974
    (PS)

  188. WALK A CROOKED MILE 1975
    (PS)

  189. BACKLASH 1976
    (PS)

  190. FIVE ROADS TO DEATH 1977
    (PS)

  191. A MURDER ARRANGED 1978

  192. WHY MURDER? 1979
    (PS)

  193. DEATH IS A DIRTY TRICK 1980
    (PS)

  194. MURDER AS THE CURTAIN RISES 1981
    (PS)

  195. TARGET FOR TRAGEDY 1982
    (PS)





  196. Room number 23 1925
    Rum numro tjugotre

  197. Death to the hunter 1933

  198. Night of terror 1939

  199. Murder of the ancients 1939

  200. Bottom deal 1941

  201. The critical time 1984





  202. MYSTERY AT A COUNTRY INN 1979




* Written together with Thomas M. Johnson

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