Crime Fiction IV: A Comprehensive Bibliography 1749-2000
by Allen J. Hubin
Addenda to the 2008 Revised Edition, with Annotations by Steve Lewis.

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      Authors [A through C].
      Authors  [I through Z].
                                                         

AUTHORS  [ D through H ]                 
                                                                                          
 Entries preceded by a dash [-] are of marginal crime content.    SC = Series Character(s); scw = screenwriter, dir = director.


DALE, WILLIAM.   One of many pseudonyms of writer Norman A. Daniels, q.v.  Under this pen name, the author of three works listed in the Revised Crime Fiction IV.
        _Corpse, Hands Off!  See The Terror of the Handless Corpse.
        John Doe–Murderer.  Gateway, hc, 1942.  United Authors, UK, 1946.  Australian title: Murder Has No Name. Phantom, pb, 1955. 
        _Murder Has No Name.  See John Doe–Murderer.
        Outside the Law.  Dodge, hc, 1938.   Add setting: Denver, Wyoming.  Leading characters: Jeff Tracy, thief, and Douglas Greer, detective.
        The Terror of the Handless Corpse.  Gateway, hc, 1939.  Australian title: Corpse, Hands Off!  Phantom, pb, 1955.  Setting: New York.   Leading character: PI Loopy Jones.






DALEY, ROBERT.
        To Kill a Cop.  TV movie: David Gerber, 1978 (scw: Ernest Tidyman; dir: Gary Nelson)

DANIELS, HAROLD R.
        House on Greenapple Road.  TV movie: Quinn Martin, 1970 (scw: George Eckstein; dir: Robert Day)

DANIELS, NORMAN (A.)  Pseudonyms: William Dale, q.v.,  Daniella Dorsett, Harrison Judd, Mark Reed, Norman T. Vane & David Wade; house pseudonyms: James Clayford, G. Wayman Jones & Robert Wallace.  Ghostwriter for Dorothy Daniels; hence also Angela Gray, Cynthia Kavanaugh, Suzanne Somers, Geraldine Thayer & Helen Gray Weston.  Prolific writer for the pulps as well as the author of many titles included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV.
        Chase.  Novelization of TV movie [pilot for series]: Mark VII/Universal, 1973 (scw: Stephen J. Cannell, dir: Jack Webb)
 
DAVIDSON, MURIEL (née FRIEDLAND). 1923-1983.  Correction of year of birth; add maiden name.  A television executive and the author of three mystery novels included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV.  She was found murdered at her California home on September 27, 1983, her killer a man whom she had met at a hospital where she counseled alcoholics once a week. 
        The Thursday Woman.  TV movie: CBS, 2000, as The Wednesday Woman (scw: N. D. Schreiner; dir: Christopher Leitch).  Note: In this semi-biographical suspense thriller, a woman, Muriel Davidson, writes a novel about a reckless affair with a dangerous criminal, then lives out the story she has created.  Davidson is played by Meredith Baxter on the screen.  No onscreen credit is given to the book as the source of the screenplay.    [For more on the story, see this post on the Mystery*File blog.]

DAVIES, FREDA.  1937-  .  Add year of birth.  Born in London; read zoology at Bristol University and taught for a while before moving to Pembrokeshire.  Add SC: science reporter Sue Bennett, in the title below and at least one later novel, post-2000.  Pseudonym: Amy Pirnie, q.v.
        Let Heaven Fall.  Allison, UK, pb, 1995; Carroll & Graf, US, hc, 2006, as by Amy Pirnie (shown).  “Accidental death, judges the coroner, but was it simply a case of solicitor Colin Bennett falling under a rush-hour train?”
   
DAVIS, ELIZABETH.
        There Was an Old Woman.  TV movie: Mark Carliner, 1971, as Revenge (scw: Joseph Stefano; dir: Jud Taylor)

DAVIS, GIL.  Add as a new author.  SC: Dan Walker, who does undercover assignments for the CIA, in all titles.
        Assignment: Tokyo. Publishers Export, pb, 1967.  Setting: Tokyo.
        Missile Island. Publishers Export, pb, 1967.  Setting: Caribbean.
        Valley of the Doles. Publishers Export, pb, 1967.  Setting: Texas (El Paso).

DEAL, BABS.
        The Walls Came Tumbling Down.  TV movie: Whittman, 1979, as Friendships, Secrets, and Lies (scw: Joanna Crawford; dir: Ann Zane Shanks, Marlena Laird).  [Note: Filmed and produced with an all female cast, with only one male in the crew, a cinematographer.]
   
DEAN, BENJAMIN HAWKINS.   Add as the real name of Schuyler Broocks and Dean Hawkins, qq.v.

DEFOE, DANIEL.
     The Fortunes and Misfortunes of the Famous Moll Flanders.  Film: MGM, 1996, as Moll Flanders (scw & dir: Pen Densham).  TV movie: BBC, 1975, as Moll Flanders (scw: Hugh Whitemore; dir: Donald McWhinnie).  Also: ITV/PBS, 1996, as The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: David Attwood).  [Shown is the DVD case for the 1996 MGM film.]
   
DELMAN, DAVID.  TV movie, based on an unidentified novel: Lorimar, 1975, as Conspiracy of Terror (scw: Howard Rodman; dir: John Llewellyn Moxey).  SC: Lt. Jacob Horowitz (Michael Constantine) [and Barbara Rhoades as Helen Horowitz].  

    [Note: Here from imdb.com is a brief plot summary of the film above.  If you can match the storyline with the book, please let us know:  A husband-and-wife detective team investigate the existence of satanic cults involved in murder, while the husband battles with his Orthodox Jewish parents who haven’t forgiven him for marrying a non-Jewish woman.  Delman’s books published in 1975 and before are: Sudden Death, A Week to Kill, He Who Digs a Grave, and One Man’s Murder.]

DE MILLE, NELSON.
        Word of Honor.  TV movie: Turner, 2003 (scw: Jacob Epstein, Leslie Greif, Jean-Yves Pitoun, Tom Topper; dir: Robert Markowitz)  [Don Johnson stars as Ben Tyson, a corporate executive accused of participating in a massacre that occurred 30 years earlier while an Army lieutenant in Vietnam.]

DENIS, JOHN.  Joint pseudonym of John Edwards & Denis Frost, qq.v.   Under this pen name, the authors of three crime thrillers included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV.  The series characters Mike Graham and Sabrina Carver (G&S) added to two of the titles are members of UNACO, aka the United Nations Anti-Crime Organization.  The UNACO novels were based on story outlines by Alistair MacLean, q.v.; correct the corresponding titles to the full versions given below.
        Alistair MacLean’s Air Force One Is Down.  Fontana, UK, pb, 1981; Crest, US, pb, 1984.  G&S.
        Alistair MacLean’s Hostage Tower.  Fontana, UK, pb, 1980; Crest, US, pb, 1983.  G&S.  Add TV movie: Jerry Leider, 1980, as The Hostage Tower (scw: Robert Carrington; dir: Claudio Guzman).  SC: Mike Graham (Peter Fonda) & Sabrina Carver (Maud Adams).   [Note: Story credit for the film given to Alistair MacLean.]
 
        Zero Plus One.  Fontana, UK, pb, 1985.  [Ewan Scott of MI5 and Mel Stark of the CIA infiltrate an organisation that is stockpiling stolen atomic parts.]
    
DEVINE, D(AVID) M(cDONALD).  Pseudonym: Dominic Devine.
        The Fifth Cord.  Film: Scotia American, 1971, as Giornata nera per l’ariete aka The Fifth Cord ; also released as The Evil Fingers (scw: Luigi Bazzoni, Mario di Nardo, Mario Fanelli; dir: Bazzoni)

DEWEY, THOMAS B(LANCHARD).  1915-1981.  Pseudonym: Tom Brandt, Cord Wainer, q.v.  (Add the latter.)  Author of many private eye and other hardboiled crime novels between 1944 and 1970.  His two most frequently used series characters were Mac, known only by that name, and Pete Scofield, both PI’s. 
        Handle with Fear.   M. S. Mill-Morrow, US, hc, 1951.  Dakers, UK, 1955.  SC: Singer Batts.  Correct setting to Chicago (IL).

        A Sad Song Singing.  Simon & Schuster. US, hc, 1963.  Boardman, UK, hc, 1964.  SC: Mac.  Correct setting to Chicago; Indiana.

DEXTER, COLIN.
        The Daughters of Cain.  TV movie [series episode]: Carlton, 1966 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Herbert Wise).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Dead of Jericho.  TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 1987 (scw: Anthony Minghella; dir: Alastair Reed).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        Death Is Now My Neighbour.  TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 1997 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Charles Beeson).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Jewel That Was Ours.  TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/ITV/PBS, 1987, as The Wolvercote Tongue (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Alastair Reid).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Last Bus to Woodstock.  TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1988 (scw: Michael Wilcox; dir: Peter Duffell).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        Last Seen Wearing.  TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1988 (scw: Michael Wilcox; dir: Peter Duffell).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)












        The Remorseful Day.  TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 2000 (scw: Stephen Churchett; dir: Jack Gold).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Riddle of the Third Mile.  TV movie [series episode]: Carlton/PBS, 1989, as The Last Enemy (scw: Peter Buckman; dir: James Scott).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        Service of All the Dead.  TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1987 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Peter Hammond).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn.  TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1987 (scw: Julian Mitchell; dir: Brian Parker).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Way through the Woods.  TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 1995 (scw: Russell Lewis; dir: John Madden).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)
        The Wench Is Dead.  TV movie [series episode]: ITV/PBS, 2002 (scw: Malcolm Bradbury; dir: Robert Knights).  SC: Inspector Morse (John Thaw)

DIBDIN, MICHAEL.
        Dirty Tricks.  TV movie: Carlton, 2000 (scw: Nigel Williams; dir: Paul Seed)

DICKENS, CHARLES.
        Bleak House.  TV movie [mini-series]: BBC/PBS, 1985 (scw: Arthur Hopcraft; dir: Ross Devenish).  Also [15-part series]: BBC, 2005 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Justin Chadwick, Susanna White)
   
        Oliver Twist.  Bentley, 1838; Lea, 1839  [London].  Silent film: Gaumont, 1905.  Also: Vitagraph, 1906, as A Modern Oliver Twist (dir: J. Stuart Blackton).  Also: Vitagraph, 1909 (dir: J. Stuart Blackton).  Also: Film d’Art, 1910.  Also: Pathes Freres, 1910.  Also: Cines, 1911.  Also: Hepworth, 1912 (scw & dir: Thomas Bentley).  Also: General, 1912.  Also: Lasky/Paramount, 1916.  Also: Lesser, 1922 (dir: Frank Lloyd).  Sound film: Monogram, 1933 (scw: Elizabeth Meehan; dir: William J. Cowen).  Also: Rank, 1948 (scw: Stanley Haynes, David Lean; dir: Lean).  Also: Columbia, 1968, as Oliver! (scw: Vernon Harris; dir: Carol Reed).  Also: Warner, 1974, animated (scw: Ben Starr; dir: Hal Sutherland).  Also: Disney, 1988, animated, as Oliver & Company (scw: Jim Cox, Tim Disney, James Mangold; dir: George Scribner).  TV movie [13-episode mini-series]: BBC, 1962 (scw & dir: Constance Cox).  Also: CBS, 1982 (scw: James Goldman; dir: Clive Donner).  Also [12-episode mini-series]: BBC, 1985 (scw: Alexander Baron; dir: Gareth  Davies).  Also: Disney, 1997 (scw: Monte Merrick; dir: Tony Bill).  Also [4-part mini-series]: PBS, 1999 (scw: Alan Bleasdale; dir: Benny Rye)    

DISNEY, DORIS MILES.
        Do Not Fold, Spindle or Mutilate.  TV movie: Lee Rich, 1971 (scw: John D. F. Black; dir: Ted Post)
        Night of Clear Choice.  TV movie: Paramount Television, 1977, as Yesterday’s Child (scw: Michael Gleason; dir: Bob Rosenbaum, Corey Allen)
        Only Couples Need Apply.  TV movie: Metromedia, 1974, as Betrayal (scw: James M. Miller; dir: Gordon Hessler)

DOBBS, MICHAEL.   In the triology of novels listed below, Francis Urquhart is a Conservative politician thought to be decent and honest, but who is gradually revealed to be an ambitious and vengeful man lusting after power.  He also appears in three other novels included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV.
        The Final Cut.  TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1995 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Mike Vardy).  SC: Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson)
        House of Cards.  TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1990 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Paul Seed).  SC: Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson)
        To Play the King.  TV movie: BBC, 1993 (scw: Andrew Davies; dir: Paul Seed).  SC: Francis Urquhart (Ian Richardson)
 
DOSTOEVSKII, FEDOR MIKHAILOVICH.
        Crime and Punishment.  Film: New Cannon, 2002 (scw & dir: Menahem Golen).  TV movie [3-part mini-series]: BBC/PBS, 1979 (scw: Jack Pulman; dir: Michael Darlow).  Also [2-part series]: NBC/Hallmark, 1998 (scw: David Stevens; dir: Joseph Sargent).   Also [2-part series]: BBC, 2002 (scw: Tony Marchant; dir: Julian Jarrold)

DOYLE, A. CONAN.
        Adventures of Gerard.  Film: United Artists, 1970 (scw: H. A. L. Craig, Gene Gutowski, Jerzy Skolimowski; dir: Skolimowski).  SC: Gerard (Peter McEnery)
        The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.  TV movie, based on ss “The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor” in this collection [series episode]: Granada/A&E, 1993, as The Eligible Bachelor (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Peter Hammond).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson].  TV movie, based on ss “A Scandal in Bohemia” and “The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans” from His Last Bow, as The Royal Scandal: Hallmark, 2001 (scw: Joe Weisenfeld; dir: Rodney Gibbons).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer) [and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. John Watson].
        The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes.  TV movie, based on ss “The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire” in this collection [series episode]: Granada/A&E, 1993, as The Last Vampyre (scw: Jeremy Paul; dir: Tim Sullivan).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson].   [Note: The copy shown below is the first “cheaper” edition, John Murray, London, 1929.]

        His Last Bow.  TV movie, based in part on “The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans” in this collection, as The Royal Scandal; see The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
        The Hound of the Baskervilles.  TV movie: ABC, 1972 (scw: Robert E. Thompson; dir: Barry Crane).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Stewart Granger) [and Bernard Fox as Dr. Watson].  Also [4-part mini-series]: BBC, 1982 (scw: Alexander Baron; dir: Peter Duguid).  SC: Sherlcok Holmes (Tom Baker) [and Terence Rigby as Doctor Watson].  Also: Lorindy/Mapleton, 1983 (scw: Charles Edward Pogue; dir: Douglas Hickox).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) [and Donald Churchill as Dr. John Watson].  Also [series episode]: Granada/PBS, 1988 (scw: T. R. Bowen; dir: Brian Mills).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson].  Also: Canadian Television, 2000 (scw: Joe Wiesenthal; dir: Rodney Gibbons).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer) [and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. John Watson].  Also: BBC/PBS, 2002 (scw: Allan Cubitt; dir: David Attwood).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Richard Roxburgh) [and Ian Hart as Dr. John Watson]
        The Return of Sherlock Holmes.  TV movie, based on ss “The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton” in this collection [series episode]: Granada/PBS, 1992, as The Master Blackmailer (scw: Jeremy Paul; dir: Peter Hammond).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson]
        The Sign of Four.  TV movie: Mapleton, 1983 (scw: Charles Edward Pogue; dir: Desmond Davis).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Ian Richardson) [and David Healy as Dr. John Watson].  Also: [series episode] Granada, 1987: (scw: John Hawkesworth; dir: Peter Hammond).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett) [and Edward Hardwicke as Dr. John Watson].  Also: Muse/Hallmark, 2001 (scw: Joe Wiesenfeld; dir: Rodney Gibbons).  SC: Sherlock Holmes (Matt Frewer) [and Kenneth Welsh as Dr. Watson]
 
DuBREUIL, LINDA
        Crooked Letter.  Add U.K. edition: Linford pb, 1992
 
DUERRENMATT, FRIEDRICH
        The Pledge.  Film: Warner, 2001 (scw: Jerzy Kromolowski; dir: Sean Penn)

du MAURIER, DAPHNE
        Jamaica Inn.  TV movie: Harlech, 1985 (scw: Derek Marlow; dir: Lawrence Gordon Clark)
        Not After Midnight.  TV movie, based on ss “The Breakthrough” in this collection: USA Network, 1994, as The Lifeforce Experiment (scw: Mike Hodges, Gerard Macdonald; dir: Piers Haggard)
        My Cousin Rachel.  TV movie [4-part  mini-series]: BBC, 1983 (scw: Hugh Whitemore; dir: Brian Farnham)
        Rebecca.  TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1979 (scw: Hugh Whitemore; dir: Simon Langton).  Also: ITV/PBS, 1997 (scw: Arthur Hopcraft; dir: Jim O’Brien)

DUNCAN, LOIS
        I Know What You Did Last Summer.  Little, 1973.  Film: Columbia, 1997 (scw: Kevin Williamson; dir: Jim Gillespie)
        Killing Mr. Griffin.  Little, 1978; H. Hamilton, 1980.  TV movie: NBC, 1997 (scw: Michael Angeli, Kathleen Rowell; dir: Jack Bender)

DUNNE, DOMINICK
       -A Season in Purgatory.  TV movie: Spelling, 1996 (scw: Robert W. Lenski; dir: David Greene)
 
DURBRIDGE, FRANCIS
        My Wife Melissa.  TV movie: BBC/PBS, 1974, as Melissa (scw: Francis Durbridge; dir: Peter Moffatt).  Also [mini-series]: Channel 4, 1997, as Melissa (scw: Alan Bleasdale; dir: Bill Anderson)
 
DWYER, K. R.  Pseudonym of Dean R. Koontz.
        Shattered.  Film: Trianon, 1977, as Les Passagers aka The Intruder (scw: Christopher  Frank; dir: Serge Leroy)

EDWARDS, ANNE
        Haunted Summer.  [1816]

EDWARDS, JOHN.  1943-  .  Joint pseudonym with Denis Frost: John Denis, q.v.

ELLIN, STANLEY
        Stronghold.  TV movie: Paramount Television, 1997, as A Prayer in the Dark (scw: Andrew Laskos; dir: Jerry Ciccoritti)
 
EHRLICHMAN, JOHN
        -The Company.  TV movie: Paramount, 1977, as Washington: Behind Closed Doors (scw: David W. Rintels, Eric Bercovici; dir: Gary Nelson)

 EINSTEIN, CHARLES    Journalist, novelist, and screenwriter; a member of the Baseball Writers Association of America with many non-fiction books on the game to his credit.
        The Blackjack Hijack.  TV movie: MTM, 1978, as Nowhere to Run (scw: Jim Byrnes; dir: Richard Lang)
        No Time at All.  TV movie [series episode]: Playhouse 90, 1958 (scw: Charles Einstein, David Swift; dir: David Swift)

   
ENGLAND, BARRY
        -Figures in a Landscape.  Cape, 1968; Random, 1968  [Africa]   Film: National General, 1970 (scw: Robert Shaw; dir: Joseph Losey)

FAIRLEIGH, RUNA.  Pseudonym of L. A. Morse.
        An Old-Fashioned Mystery.  Add first (Canadian) edition: Lester and Orpen Dennys, hc (Toronto), 1983.  Show U.S. paperback (Avon) date as 1984.
















FARRELL, HENRY
        How Awful About Allan.  TV movie: Aaron Spelling, 1970 (scw: Henry Farrell; dir: Curtis Harrington)
        What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?  TV movie: ABC, 1991 (scw: Brian Taggert; dir: David Greene)

FARRINGTON, FIELDEN
        A Little Game.  TV movie: Universal, 1971 (scw: Carol Sobieski; dir: Paul Wendkos)
        The Strangers in 7-A.  TV movie: Palomar, 1972, as Strangers in 7A (scw: Eric Roth; dir: Paul Wendkos)

FARRIS, JOHN
        When Michael Calls.  TV movie: Palomar, 1972 (scw: James Bridges; dir: Philip Leacock)
 
FAULKS, SEBASTIAN
        Charlotte Gray.  Film: Warner, 2001 (scw: Jeremy Brock; dir: Gillian Armstrong)

FERGUSON, AUSTIN
        Jet Stream.  TV movie: Fenady, 1976, as Mayday at 40,000 Feet (scw: Andrew J. Fenady, Austin Ferguson, Dick Nelson; dir: Robert Butler)
 
FERRIS, PAUL
        The Detective.  TV movie [3-part mini-series]: BBC, 1985 (scw: Ted Whitehead; dir: Don Leaver)

FOLLETT, KEN
        The Key to Rebecca.  TV movie: Taft, 1985 (scw: Samuel Harris; dir: David Hemmings)
        Lie Down with Lions.  TV movie: Grafton, 1994 (scw: Guy Andrews, Julian Bond; dir: Jim Goddard)
        The Third Twin.  TV movie: CBS, 1997 (scw: Cindy Myers; dir: Tom McLoughlin)
 
FONTANA, D. C.
        The Questor Tapes.  Novelization of TV movie: Universal, 1974 (scw: Gene L. Coon, Gene Roddenberry; dir: Richard A. Colla)

FORSYTH, FREDERICK
        The Deceiver.  TV movie Pride and Extreme Prejudice, based on ss in this collection: London Weekend Television, 1990 (scw: Murray Smith; dir: Ian Sharp).  SC: Sam McCready (Alan Howard)

FRANCIS, CLARE
        -Deceit.  Heinemann, 1993; Soho, 2001.  TV movie: BBC, 2000 (scw: Jacqueline Holborough; dir: Stuart Orme)

FRANCIS, DICK
        Blood Sport.  TV movie: Comedia, 1989 (scw: Andrew Payne; dir: Harvey Hart)
        In the Frame.  TV movie: Comedia, 1989 (scw: Andrew Payne; dir: Wigbert Wicker)
        Odds Against.  TV movie [series episode]: Yorkshire/PBS, 1979 (scw: Terence Feely, Leon Grtiffiths, Evan Jones, Trevor Preston; dir: Colin Bucksey, Lawrence Gordon Clark, Peter Duffell, John Mackenzie).  SC: Sid Halley (Mike Gwilym)

        Twice Shy.  TV movie: Comedia, 1989 (scw: Miles Henderson; dir: Deirdre Friel)

FRANKLIN, MAX    Pseudonym of Richard Deming.
        Vegas.  Novelization of TV movie [possibly “High Roller,” pilot episode for series Vega$]: Aaron Spelling, 1978 (scw: Michael Mann; dir: Richard Lang)

FRENCH, NICCI
        The Safe House.  TV movie: ITV, 2002 (scw: David Pirie; dir: Simon Massey)
 
FREUND, EVA   Pseudonym: Brooke Leimas, q.v.

FROST, DENIS.  Joint pseudonym with John Edwards: John Denis, q.v.

GALLICO, PAUL
        The Hand of Mary Constable.  TV movie: ABC, 1969, as Daughter of the Mind (scw: Luther Davis; dir: Walter Grauman)

GALOUYE, DANIEL F. 1920-1976.
       -Simulacron-3.  Bantam, 1964.  Film: Columbia, 1999, as The Thirteenth Floor (scw: Josef Rusnak, Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez; dir: Rusnak)

GARDNER, ERLE STANLEY
        The D.A. Draws a Circle.  TV movie: TCF Television, 1971, as They Call It Murder (scw: Sam H. Rolfe; dir: Walter Grauman).  SC: D. A. Doug Selby (Jim Hutton)

GARFIELD, BRIAN
        Necessity.  TV movie: CBS, 1988 (scw: Michael Ahnemann; dir: Michael Miller)
        Relentless.  TV movie: CBS, 1977 (scw: Sam Rolfe; dir: Lee H. Katzin).  SC: Sam Watchman (Will Sampson)
 
GAULDEN, RAY
        Glory Gulch.  Berkley, 1967.  Also published as: 5 Card Stud.  Berkley, 1968  [West]  Film: Paramount, 1968, as 5 Card Stud (scw: Marguerite Roberts; dir: Henry Hathaway)

GEARINO, G. D.
        What the Deaf-Mute Heard.  TV movie: Hallmark, 1997, as What the Deaf Man Heard (scw: Robert W. Lenski; dir: John Kent Harrison).  SC: Sammy Ayers (Matthew Modine)

GEE, MAURICE
        Crime Story.  Film: New Zealand Film Commission, 2004, as Fracture (scw & dir: Larry Parr)
        In My Father’s Den.  Film: Warner, 2004 (scw & dir: Brad McGann)

GELLER, STEPHEN
        She Let Him Continue.  TV movie: TCF Television, 1996, as Pretty  Poison (scw: Lorenzo Semple, Jr., Brian Ross; dir: David Benton Morse)
      
GEORGE, ELIZABETH
        Deception on His Mind.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/PBS, 2003 (scw: Valerie Windsor; dir: Tim Leandro).  SC: Insp. Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sgt. Barbara Havers (Sharon Small)
        For the Sake of Elena.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/PBS, 2002 (scw: Valerie Windsor; dir: Richard Laxton).  SC: Insp. Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sgt. Barbara Havers (Sharon Small)
        A Great Deliverance.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/PBS, 2001 (scw: Lizzie Mickery; dir; Richard Laxton).  SC: Insp. Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sgt. Barbara Havers (Sharon Small)
        In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/PBS, 2004 (scw: Lizzie Mickery; dir: Brian Stirner).  SC: Insp. Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sgt. Barbara Havers (Sharon Small)
        In the Presence of the Enemy.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/PBS, 2003 (scw: Francesca Brill; dir: Brian Stirner).  SC: Insp. Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sgt. Barbara Havers (Sharon Small)













         Missing Joseph.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/PBS, 2002 (scw: Lizzie Mickery; dir: Richard Laxton).  SC: Insp. Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sgt. Barbara Havers (Sharon Small)
        Payment in Blood.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/PBS, 2002 (scw: Lizzie Mickery; dir: Kim Flitcroft).  SC: Insp. Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sgt. Barbara Havers (Sharon Small)
        Playing for the Ashes.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/PBS, 2003 (scw: Kate Wood; dir: Richard Spence).  SC: Insp. Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sgt. Barbara Havers (Sharon Small)
        A Suitable Vengeance.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/PBS, 2003 (scw: Valerie Windsor; dir: Edward Bennett).  SC: Insp. Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sgt. Barbara Havers (Sharon Small)
        Well Schooled in Murder.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/PBS, 2002 (scw: Simon Block; dir: Robert Young).  SC: Insp. Thomas Lynley (Nathaniel Parker) and Sgt. Barbara Havers (Sharon Small)

GIBBS, HENRY.  Full name: Henry St. John Clair Rumbold-Gibbs, 1909-1975, q.v.  Journalist and world traveler, among many other occupations.  Pseudonym: Simon Harvester, q.v.  Under his own name, the author of 16 crime and adventure novels included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV.

GILBERT, ANTHONY
        The Woman in Red.  Film: MGM, 1987, as Dead of Winter (scw: Marc Shmuger, Mark Malone; dir: Arthur Penn).  Gilbert is uncredited and SC: Arthur Crook does not appear.

GILBERT, STEPHEN.   Note: Many internet sources, including www.imdb.com, have the author confused with RALSTON, GILBERT A(lexander) (1912-1999), who wrote the screenplay for the movie in the entry below.  Not so.  Although they share the same birth year, they are two entirely different writers.
        Ratman’s Notebooks.  Film: New Line, 2003, as Willard (scw: Gilbert Ralston; dir: Glen Morgan)
 
GODEY, JOHN
        The Taking of Pelham One Two Three.  TV movie: MGM Television, 1998 (scw: Peter Stone; dir: Felix Enriquez Alcala)
 
GOINES, DONALD
        Never Die Alone.  Film: TCF, 2004 (scw: James Gibson; dir: Ernest Dickerson)
 
GOLDBERG, MARSHALL
        Critical List.  TV movie [with Skeletons partial basis for two-part series]: MTM, 1978, as The Critical List (scw: Jerry McNeely; dir: Lou Antonio).  Add SC: Dr. Dan J. Lassiter (Lloyd Bridges)
        Skeletons.  TV movie [with Critical List partial basis for two-part series]: MTM, 1978, as The Critical List (scw: Jerry McNeely; dir: Lou Antonio).  SC: Dr. Dan J. Lassiter (Lloyd Bridges)

GRAHAM, CAROLINE
        Death in Disguise.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1998 (scw: Douglas Watkinson; dir: Baz Taylor).  SC: DCI Tom Barnaby (JohnNettles) [and Daniel Casey as Sgt. Gavin Troy]
        Death of a Hollow Man.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1998 (scw: Caroline Graham; dir: Jeremy Silberston).  SC: DCI Tom Barnaby (JohnNettles) [and Daniel Casey as Sgt. Gavin Troy]
        Faithful Unto Death.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1998 (scw: Douglas Watkinson; dir: Baz Taylor).  SC: DCI Tom Barnaby (JohnNettles) [and Daniel Casey as Sgt. Gavin Troy]
        The Killings at Badger’s Drift.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1997 (scw: Anthony Horowitz; dir: Jeremy Silberston).  SC: DCI Tom Barnaby (JohnNettles) [and Daniel Casey as Sgt. Gavin Troy]
        Written in Blood.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1998 (scw: Anthony Horowitz; dir: Jeremy Silberston).  SC: (Chief) Insp. Tom Barnaby: John Nettles [and Daniel Casey as Sgt. Gavin Troy]

  
 
GRANT, JAMES D.  1954-    .   Pseudonym: Lee Child, q.v.

GRAY, MALCOLM   Pseudonym of Ian Stuart.   [This is not the Ian Stuart who was a pseudonym of Alistair MacLean.]
        A Matter of Record.  Add U.K. edition: Linford pb, 1990
        Stab in the Back.  Add U.K. edition: Linford pb, 1989
        An Unwelcome Presence.  Add U.K. edition: Linford pb, 1993

GREEN, GERALD (1922-2006)  Born Gerald Greenberg, he shortened his name as an adult.   A former writer and producer at NBC News, Mr. Green was also a creator of the “Today” show, first broadcast in 1952.
         The Hostage Heart.  TV movie: Fenady Associates, 1977 (scw: Andrew J. Fenady, Charles Sailor, Eric Kaldor; dir: Bernard McEveety)

GREEN, JANET
        Matilda Shouted Fire.  TV movie: Universal, 1981, as Midnight Lace (scw: Jerry Ludwig; dir: Ivan Nagy)

GREENAN, RUSSELL H.
        The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton.  Film: Marano, 1997, as The Secret Life of Algernon (scw: John Cullum, John Gray, Charles Jarrott; dir: Jarrott)

GREENE, GRAHAM
        -Doctor Fischer of Geneva; or, The Bomb Party.  TV movie: PBS, 1985, as Doctor Fischer of Geneva (scw: Richard Broke; dir: Michael Lindsay-Hogg) 
        A Gun for Sale.  TV movie: Universal, 1991, as This Gun for Hire (scw: N. D. Schreiner; dir: Lou Antonio)
        The Heart of the Matter.  TV movie: TMG, 1983 (scw: Gerald Savory; dir: Marco Leto)
        The Last Word and other stories.  Film, based on ss “The Lieutenant Died Last” in this collection: Ealing, 1942, as Went the Day Well?; also released as 48 Hours (scw: John Dighton, Angus MacPhail, Diana Morgan; dir: Alberto Cavalcanti)
        Nineteen Stories.  Film, based on ss “Across the Bridge” in this collection: Buena Vista/Disney, 2001, as Double Take (scw: Guy Elmes, Denis Freeman; dir: George Gallo)
        The Power and the Glory.  TV movie: CBS, 1961 (scw: Dale Wasserman; dir: Marc Daniels)
        The Quiet American.  Film: Miramax, 2002 (scw: Christopher Hampton, Robert Schenkkan; dir: Phillip Noyce)
 
GRISHAM, JOHN
        The Runaway Jury.  Film: TCF, 2003 (scw: Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Rick Cleveland, Matthew Chapman; dir: Gary Fleder)














GRUBB, DAVIS
        Night of the Hunter. TV movie: NBC, 1991 (scw: Edmond Stevens; dir: David Greene)

HAMILTON, DONALD.  TV movie, based on the Matt Helm books:  Columbia, 1975, as Matt Helm (scw: Sam H. Rolfe; dir: Buz Kulik).  SC: Matt Helm (Anthony Franciosa)

  
   
HAMMETT, DASHIELL
        The Dain Curse.  TV movie [4-episode mini-series]: Martin Poll, 1978 (scw: Robert W. Lenski; dir: E. W. Swackhamer).  SC: The Continental Op (James Coburn as “Hamilton Nash”)
        Hammett Homicides.  Film The House in Turk Street, based on ss in this collection: Seven Arts, 2002, aka No Good Deed (scw: Christopher Canaan, Steve Barancik; dir; Bob Rafelson)
 
HANDKE, PETER
        -The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick.  [Vienna]  Film: Bauer, 1972, as Die Angst des Tormanns beim Elfmeter, aka The Goalie’s Anxiety at the Penalty Kick; also released as The Goalie’s Fear of the Penalty Kick (scw: Peter Handke, Wim Wenders; dir: Wenders)

HARRIS, ROBERT
        Enigma.  Film: Miramax, 2001 (scw: Tom Stoppard; dir: Michael Apted)
 
HARRIS, THOMAS
        Red Dragon.  Film: MGM, 2002 (scw: Ted Tally; dir: Brett Ratner).  SC: Dr. Hannibal Lector (Anthony Hopkins) and Jack Crawford (Harvey Keitel)
 
HARTE, BRET
        Bret Harte’s Choice Bits.  TV movie, based on ss “The Luck of Roaring Camp” and ss “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” in this collection: Shick Sunn, 1981, as California Gold Rush (scw: Roy London, Tom Chapman; dir: Jack B. Hively)
        Tales, Poems and Sketches.  Film Tennessee’s Partner, based on ss in this collection: RKO, 1955 (scw: C. Graham Baker, D. D. Beauchamp, Allan Dwan, Milton Krims, Teddi Sherman; dir: Dwan)

HARTOV, STEVEN
        The Heat of Ramadan.  Film: Columbia, 2001, as The Point Men (scw: Ripley Highsmith; dir: John Glen)

HARVESTER, SIMON.  Pseudonym of Henry Gibbs, 1909-1975, q.v.  Under this pen name, the author of a long list of espionage and adventure novels included in the Revised Crime Fiction IV. 
        Man About Town, with Cyril Campion, q.v.  Rich, UK, hc, 1948.  Ten untitled stories based on a radio series; add SC: Shorty the Taxi Driver. 

HASTINGS, PHYLLIS
        -Rapture in My Rags.  Dent, 1954.  Also published as: Rapture.  Consul, 1966; Popular Library, 1966.  Film: Panoramic, 1965, as Rapture (scw: Stanley Mann; dir: John Guillerman)
 
HAWES, JAMES
        Rancid Aluminium.  Film: Trimark, 2000 (scw: James Hawes; dir: Edward Thomas)

HAYS, LEE
        Nakia.  Novelization of TV movie [pilot episode for series]: Screen Gems, 1974 (scw: Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler, Sy Salkowitz; dir: Leonard J. Horn)

HEATTER, BASIL
        The Trouble with Love.  Gold Medal, 1960; Muller pb, 1962  [Fla.]

HEBERT, ANNE
        In the Shadow of the Wind.  Film: Acteurs Auteurs, 1987, as Les Fous de Bassan aka In the Shadow of the Wind (scw: Marcel Beaulieu, Sheldon Chad, Yves Simoneau; dir: Simoneau)

HELY, ELIZABETH
        Package Deal.  TV movie: Universal, 1968, as The Smugglers (scw: Alfred Hayes; dir: Norman Lloyd)
 
HENRY, O.
        The Four Million.  TV movie, based on ss “The Gift of the Magi” in this collection: Osmond, 1978, as The Gift of Love (scw: Caryl Ledner; dir: Don Chaffey)
        Heart of the West.  Film, based on ss “The Caballero’s Way” in this collection: Fox, 1928, as In Old Arizona (scw: Tom Barry; dir: Irving Cummings, Raoul Walsh).  [With Warner Baxter as The Cisco Kid.]
        The Trimmed Lamp.  Film, based on ss “The Badge of Policeman O’Roon” in this collection: Paramount, 1938, as Dr. Rhythm (scw: Richard Connell, Jo Swerling; dir: Frank Tuttle)
        Whirligigs.  TV movie The Ransom of Red Chief, based on ss in this collection: Anchor Bay, 1975 (scw: Jim Carlson, Terrence Mcdonnell; dir: Jeffrey Hayden).  Also: Hallmark, 1998 (scw: Ed Naha; dir: Bob Clark)

HEYES, DOUGLAS
        The 12th of Never.  TV movie: Public Arts, 1969, as The Lonely Profession (scw & dir: Douglas Heyes)

HEYER, GEORGETTE
        The Reluctant Widow.  Film: Two Cities, 1951 (scw: J. B. Boothroyd; dir: Bernard Knowles)
 
HICHENS, ROBERT
        The Paradine Case.  TV movie: ABC, 1962 (scw & dir: Alex March)
 
HIGGINS, JACK
        Confessional.  TV movie [two-part series]: ITV, 1989 (scw: James Mitchell; dir: Gordon Flemyng).  SC: Liam Devlin (Keith Carradine)
        Eye of the Storm.  TV movie: Showtime, 1995, as Midnight Man (scw: Jurgen Wolff; dir: Lawrence Gordon-Clark).  SC: Sean Dillon (Rob Lowe) and Liam Devlin (not in movie under that name).
        Night of the Fox.  TV movie: TF1/Vidmark, 1990 (scw: Bennett Cohen; dir: Charles Jarrott).  SC: Dougal Munro (John Mills) and Jack Carter (not in film under that name)

HIGHSMITH, PATRICIA
        Ripley’s Game.  Film: First Line, 2002 (scw: Liliana Cavani, Charles McKeown; dir: Cavani).  SC: Tom Ripley (John Malkovich)













 
HIGSON, CHARLES
        King of the Ants.  Film: Anthill/Asylmum, 2003 (scw: Charles Higson; dir: Stuart Gordon)

HILL, REGINALD
        An Advancement of Learning.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1996 (scw: Alan Plater; dir: Maurice Phillips).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        An April Shroud.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1996, as An Autumn Shroud (scw: Malcolm Bradbury; dir: Richard Standeven).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        Bones and Silence.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1998 (scw: Alan Plater; dir: Maurice Phillips).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        Child’s Play.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1998 (scw: Michael Chaplin; dir: David Wheatley).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        A Clubbable Woman.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC, 1996 (scw: Alan Plater; dir: Ross Devenish).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        Deadheads.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1997 (scw: Alan Plater; dir: Edward Bennett).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        Dialogues of the Dead.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 2002 (scw: Hugh Stoddart; dir: Patrick Lau).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]













        Exit Lines.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1997 (scw: Stephen Lowe; dir: Ross Devenish).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        A Killing Kindness.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1997 (scw: Malcolm Bradbury; dir: Edward Bennett).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
         On Beulah Height.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1999 (scw: Michael Chaplin; dir: Maurice Phillips).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        Recalled to Life.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1999 (scw: Timothy Prager; dir: Suri Krishnamma).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        Ruling Passion.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1997 (scw: Malcolm Bradbury; dir: Gareth Davies).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        Underworld.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1998 (scw: Michael Chaplin; dir: Edward Bennett).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]
        The Wood Beyond.  TV movie [series episode]: BBC/A&E, 1998 (scw: Ed Whitmore; dir: Edward Bennett).  SC: Det. Supt. Andy Dalziel (Warren Clarke)  [and Colin Buchanan as Det. Insp. Peter Pascoe]

HILLERMAN, TONY
        Coyote Waits.  TV movie: Granada/PBS, 2003 (scw: Lloyd Gold; dir: Jan Egleson).  SC: Jim Chee (Adam Beach) and Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi)
        Skinwalkers.  TV movie: PBS, 2002 (scw: James Redford; dir: Chris Eyre).  SC: Jim Chee (Adam Beach) and Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi)
        A Thief of Time.  TV movie: Granada/PBS, 2004 (scw: Alice Arlen; dir: Chris Eyre).  SC: Jim Chee (Adam Beach) and Joe Leaphorn (Wes Studi)
 
HINTZE, NAOMI A.
        Aloha Means Goodbye.  TV movie: Universal, 1974 (scw: Joseph Stefano; dir: David Lowell Rich)

HOAG, TAMI
        Night Sins.  TV movie: CBS, 1997 (scw: John Leekley; dir: Robert Allan Ackerman)

HOLDING, ELIZABETH SANXAY
        The Blank Wall.  Film: TCF, 2001, as The Deep End (scw & dir: Scott McGhee, David Siegel).  SC: Lt. Levy [does not appear in film]

HORNUNG, E. W.
        The Amateur Cracksman.  TV movie [series episode]: Yorkshire, 1975 (scw: Philip Mackie; dir: Christopher Hodson).  SC: A. J. Raffles (Anthony Valentine) [and Christopher Strauli as Bunny Manders]
HOUSEHOLD, GEOFFREY
        Rogue Male.  TV movie: BBC, 1976 (scw: Frederic Raphael; dir: Clive Donner).  SC: Raymond Ingelram & Roger Taine do not appear under those names.
        Watcher in the Shadows.  TV movie: CBS, 1972, as Deadly Harvest (scw: Dan Ullman; dir: Michael O’Herlihy)
 
HUGHES, DOROTHY B.
        Ride the Pink Horse.  TV movie: NBC, 1964, as The Hanged Man (scw: Jack Laird, Stanford Whitmore; dir: Don Siegel)

HUIE, WILLIAM BRADFORD
        -The Klansman.  Delacorte, 1967; Allen, 1968  [Ala.]  Film: Paramount, 1974; also released as The Burning Cross and as KKK (scw: Millard Kaufman, Samuel Fuller; dir: Terence Young)
 
HUXLEY, ALDOUS
        Mortal Coils.  The 1948 film A Woman’s Vengeance based on ss “The Gioconda Smile” in this collection was also released as The Gioconda Smile.  TV movie: Australian Broadcasting, 1963, as The Gioconda Smile  (scw: Norman Gear; dir: Patrick Barton)



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