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Old 04-15-2017, 10:39 AM   #25721
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Thanks, Jim - I look forward to reading them! Yes, I checked on Amazon UK, and they all do appear to be available as reasonably-priced ebooks. Most are £3.99, which I consider a fair price for backlist books.

I love British crime novels, so it's always a treat for me to discover a new author I enjoy, and to then discover that he wrote over 50 books! Heaven .
Francis didn't often use the same characters in his novels, but he wrote several featuring Sid Halley. The Fantastic Fiction site, as usual, is a good guide. At least starting out, I'd avoid anything published after 1997. 10 LB Penalty is good, but after that there's a noticeable decline in the quality, IMO. You should avoid the last Sid Halley book, at least until you've read all his others, so you have a good way of judging.

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