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Maurice Procter

Maurice Procter

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Born in Nelson, Lancashire, Maurice Procter (1906-1973) attended the local grammar school and ran away to join the army at the age of fifteen. In 1927 he joined the police in Yorkshire and served in the force for nineteen years before his writing was published and he was able to write full time. He was credited with an ability to write exciting stories while using his experience to create authentic detail. His procedural novels are set in Granchester, a fictional 1950s Manchester, and he is best known for his series characters, Detective Superintendent Philip Hunter and DCI Harry Martineau. Throughout his career, Procter's novels increased in popularity in both the UK and the US, and in 1960 *Hell is a City* was made into a film starring Stanley Baker and Billie Whitelaw. Procter was married to Winifred, and they had one child, Noel.

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The Ripper Murders
Representative edition published 2018
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The Spearhead Death
Representative edition published 2003
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The Chief Inspector's Statement
Representative edition published 2001
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The devil was handsome
Representative edition published 1979
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Death has a shadow
Representative edition published 1974
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Devil in moonlight
Representative edition published 1973
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I will speak daggers
Representative edition published 1973
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His weight in gold
Representative edition published 1971
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The Dog Man
Representative edition published 1969
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Hideaway
Representative edition published 1968
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Homicide blonde
Representative edition published 1967
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Rogue running
Representative edition published 1967
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Exercise Hoodwink
Representative edition published 1967
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The pub crawler
Representative edition published 1965
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The pub crawler
Representative edition published 1965
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Somewhere in this city
Representative edition published 1964
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Two men in twenty
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The graveyard rolls
Representative edition published 1964
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Hurry the darkness
Representative edition published 1964
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Moonlight flitting
Representative edition published 1963
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A body to spare
Representative edition published 1962
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A body to spare
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Devil's due
Representative edition published 1961
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Killer at large
Representative edition published 1959
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