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On this particular night Commander George Gideon has to deal with a couple of psychopaths. There's also an explosive gang war in the offing. Can Scotland Yard's finest deal with such a nightmarish scenario, with what would ordinarily be months of time consuming police work crammed into just one night?
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A Cabinet Minister suffer food poisoning and foul play is suspected. A rapist killer escapes from prison. A baby lost at childbirth – and the father threatens the Doctor involved. Meanwhile, there are gangs of thieves to be dealt with. Who better to cope than George Gideon of Scotland Yard, but he has troubles of his own ....
Gideon's day is a busy one. He balances family commitments with solving a series of seemingly unrelated crimes from which a plot nonetheless evolves and a mystery is solved. One of the most senior officers within Scotland Yard, his analytical brain and sense of fairness is respected by colleagues and villains alike.
The National Gallery has high security, but a painting is nevertheless stolen. Gideon of Scotland Yard knows of only a few thieves who could pull this off. However, one turns up dead and an art dealer's daughter is kidnapped and a counterfeiting ring moves into town. Clearly, Gideon is facing something both major and mysterious . . .
Commander George Gideon is involved in a life and death struggle to prevent Ruby Benson’s killer husband from seeking revenge after she attempts to give him up to the cops. He’s brutal, sadistic, on the streets and dangerous! Just how long can a week get when you are Scotland Yard’s finest?
Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard is seriously worried about cases of child molestation and murder. Meanwhile, London has been subject to sustained power cuts - what is behind them? Is it problems with the electrical supply, or even some form of economic difficulty, or is organised crime involved?
Scotland Yard's top detective, Commander Gideon, must stop the new flood of criminals from abroad--an Italian seeking control of the vice market, a sadistic American kidnapper, and an Australian psychopath with an appetite for sex spiced with murder.
Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard has to deal successively with news of a mass murderer, a depraved maniac, and the deaths of a family in an arson attack on an old building south of the river. This leaves little time for the crisis developing at home.
The fog was thick, sulphurous and impenetrable and just like old times before clean air legislation. Beneath it the villains went about their work quietly and largely undisturbed. Commander George Gideon was aware of this and meant to disturb their peace, but he found himself involved in a web that was more impenetrable than the fog itself.