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h2>Millions of copies sold worldwide. The author of the Department Z novels is back. The mark of the crescent signs an order for murder. Gordon Cragie and Department Z are embroiled in a desperate investigation involving drugs and large scale murder. How will the Department uncover who is behind the mysterious mark? Will they solve the case before the anonymous culprit claims another victim? The trail starts at the country estate of Greylands, but where will the mark of the crescent lead them?

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Creasey is creating his own kind of Comedie Humane-Policiere - and a splendid achievement it is. -- Anthony Boucher for The New York Times Phenomenal -- Life Magazine An excellent read, Creasey at his best. -- Amazon Reviewer In this fast paced thriller Department Z have a race against time -- Amazon Reviewer

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John Creasey MBE was an English crime and science fiction writer who wrote more than 600 novels using 28 different pseudonyms. He created several characters which are now famous. These include The Toff, Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard, Inspector Roger West, The Baron, and Doctor Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey. The most popular of these was Gideon of Scotland Yard, who was the basis for the television series Gideon's Way and for the John Ford movie Gideon of Scotland Yard (1958), also known by its British title Gideon's Day . The Baron character was made into a 1960s TV series starring Steve Forrest as The Baron. In 1953, John Creasey founded the UK's Crime Writers' Association (CWA). The CWA New Blood Dagger is awarded in his memory for first books by previously unpublished writers. Sponsored by BBC Audiobooks, it includes a prize of GBP1000. This award was known previously as the John Creasey Memorial Dagger. John Creasey died in June 1973.

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