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W. A. Ballinger (1925–1991)

Auteur van The Vampires of Finistère

62 Werken 312 Leden 8 Besprekingen

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(eng) W.(illiam) Howard Baker was a novelist, editor, and publisher.  In addition to writing under his own name (Baker), he used numerous pseudonyms, including:
* Peter Saxon (a house name, credited for numerous works)
* W. A. Ballinger (Drums of the Dark Gods)

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Werken van W. A. Ballinger

The Vampires of Finistère (1970) 43 exemplaren
The Killing Bone (1969) 40 exemplaren
The Torturer (1966) 31 exemplaren
Departure Deferred (1966) 15 exemplaren
Call it Rhodesia (1968) 11 exemplaren
The Exterminator (1967) 11 exemplaren
Drums of the Dark Gods (1967) 9 exemplaren
Strike North (1967) 6 exemplaren
The Witches of Notting Hill (1965) 5 exemplaren
Women's Battalion (1973) 4 exemplaren
Destination Dieppe (1969) 4 exemplaren
Black Honey (1968) 4 exemplaren
Treason by Truth (1973) 3 exemplaren
The Girl in Asses Milk (1972) 3 exemplaren
Congo (1970) 3 exemplaren
The Dirty Game (1968) 2 exemplaren
Gods dwazen 2 exemplaren
I the Hangman (1967) 2 exemplaren
Judas Diary (1969) 2 exemplaren
Old Tin Cow (1977) 2 exemplaren
The Green Grassy Slopes (1969) 2 exemplaren
Naked from a Well (1967) 2 exemplaren
THE CARRION EATERS (1973) 2 exemplaren
The Waters of Madness (1974) 2 exemplaren
Vengeance Is Ours! (1965) 2 exemplaren
Devil's Can-Can 2 exemplaren
Mord i parti 1 exemplaar
Dollarligan 1 exemplaar
Klenod försvunnen 1 exemplaar
Treason remembered (1967) 1 exemplaar
The Inexpendable 1 exemplaar
The Naked Blade 1 exemplaar
Night of the wolf (1969) 1 exemplaar
Dark mambo 1 exemplaar
Mord i studio ett 1 exemplaar
Murder in Camera 1 exemplaar
The Galaxy Lot 1 exemplaar
The Six-day Loving (1970) 1 exemplaar
Down among the ad men (1968) 1 exemplaar
Televisionsmordet 1 exemplaar
The Treasure Hunters (1970) 1 exemplaar
The Guardians 1 exemplaar
Espresso Jungle (1959) 1 exemplaar
Without Warning 1 exemplaar
The Voodoo Drum 1 exemplaar

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Officiële naam
Baker, Arthur Athwill William
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Baker, W. Howard
Saxon, Peter
Rekab, Bill
Geboortedatum
1925-10-03
Overlijdensdatum
1991-02-13
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
UK
Geboorteplaats
Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Plaats van overlijden
London, England, UK
Woonplaatsen
Wimbledon, England, UK
Beroepen
editor
publisher
novelist
newspaper reporter
Korte biografie
W. Howard Baker was a novelist and editor, Editor of Sexton Blake Library for a time. Writer of Sexton Blake, Danger Man and Jonathan Quintain novels, plus many war, horror and mystery stories. Proprietor of Howard Baker Books (1960s UK publishing company). Credited with saving the Sexton Blake Library from extinction, when publishers Fleetway ended the series, he gained their permission to continue the series independently, firstly through deals with various paperback publishing companies then later through his own Sexton Blake Omnibus hardback series. He is noted for the many pseudonyms used by him (e.g. Peter Saxon).
Ontwarringsbericht
W.(illiam) Howard Baker was a novelist, editor, and publisher.  In addition to writing under his own name (Baker), he used numerous pseudonyms, including:

* Peter Saxon (a house name, credited for numerous works)

* W. A. Ballinger (Drums of the Dark Gods)

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The Waters of Madness by W.A. Ballinger in Talk about LibraryThing (mei 2022)

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“With the compliments of the Jack Ketch Society.”

A society that kills killers! My vengeful heart loves this kind of thing! When a suspected murderer gets released, the 'Ketchers' grab them, pronounce them guilty, and hang them! Done and done!

Of course, the police are out to stop them, and a newspaper hires famous detective Sexton Blake to do the same! Can they catch the Ketchers? You gotta read it to find out!

I liked this story, and think it was just about the right length. Any longer, and I think I might have lost interest. I'm not sure if I liked the twist at the end, but overall, it was an enjoyable little read!

Good last sentence too! :

"You know," he said mildly, "I'd quite forgotten I was supposed to be dead."
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Stahl-Ricco | Mar 25, 2022 |
Secret agent Peter Quintain is sent undercover on an Allied convoy to Murmansk. The convoys have taken a battering from the Germans, and the admiralty suspect a spy in the midst of the ships’ crews. Quintain’s task is twofold: unearth the traitor, and ideally prevent another attack. This is a competent but rather thin naval thriller. Some of the writing is overly dramatic, and the characters don’t really have much personality (except for the cartoonishly awful Fanshawe). I would definitely not rank this anywhere near MacLean (whose Ice Station Zebra and HMS Ulysses are much better reads). It is a quick read, though, so if this is the flavour of brain candy you like best and you aren’t too fussed about thin characterization, this might do the job.… (meer)
½
 
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rabbitprincess | Mar 14, 2020 |
Not one of Peter Saxon's best. Readable but not as much fun as usual.
 
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nwdavies | Aug 21, 2014 |
The Sexton Blake series began in 1893 and more-or-less dwindled to a halt in the late `60s. Initially the province of Blake`s creator, Hal Meredeth (real name Harry Blyth), it eventually incorporated the work of many writers, some `big names` (John Creasey, Hank Jansen), others less well-known.

Part of the attraction of the series, for me at least, is that it provides a cheap and cheerful method of encountering the works of a variety of writers. Inevitably, there is occasional `mission creep` as inidividual writers take our hero into adjacent genres, as in this Cold War thriller from series editor W Howard Baker.

A posse of bad guys plan to flood the West with counterfeit banknotes using plates designed by wartime Nazis. Who are the perpetrators ? Embittered Nazis ? Communists seeking to destabilise the West ? Or simply mobsters looking for massive profits ? Blake travels to Germany and America in pusuit of a solution, making a few friends and many enemies as he goes.

The plot is an ambitious one given the 64 page format, but Baker pulls it off with only the most minor fudging to get the thing finished within the allotted space. Ultimately, it`s entirely subjective whether one warms to this kind of detour into Cold War territory. It`s intelligently plotted, with a tolerable balance between action and intrigue, and the occasionally nod towards pulpiness. Personally, I found it was a bit like Chinese food ; it was enjoyable at the time, but at the end I didn`t feel like I`d had a full meal.
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nickhoonaloon | Mar 22, 2008 |

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Werken
62
Leden
312
Populariteit
#75,595
Waardering
½ 3.7
Besprekingen
8
ISBNs
26
Talen
2

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