Maurice Procter
Also known as
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.
Born 1906-02-04
Died 1973-04-28
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1549448A
- WikidataQ6793420
- VIAF79291486
- ISNI0000000385204741
Top Subjects
- Police -- Great Britain -- Fiction (13)
- Great Britain (13)
- Fiction in English (2)
- Crime & mystery (2)
- Organized crime -- Fiction (1)
- Jewel thieves -- Fiction (1)
- Diamonds, Industrial -- Fiction (1)
Books by Maurice Procter
Total count: 38
Each man's destinyLongmans, Green and Co.1947-01-01-
The Pennycross murdersAvon Publications1951-01-01
Somewhere in this city[1st American ed.]Harper1954-01-01-
The ripper.[1st ed.]Harper1956-01-01
The pub crawlerHutchinson1956-01-01-
The midnight plumber.Harper1957-01-01
Man in AmbushHutchinson1958-01-01
Three at the Angel[1st ed.]Harper1958-01-01
Killer at large[1st ed.]Harper1959-01-01
Devil's dueHutchinson1960-01-01
The devil was handsome[1st ed.]Harper1961-01-01
A body to spareHarper1962-01-01
A body to spareHutchinson1962-01-01
Moonlight flittingHutchinson1963-01-01
Somewhere in this cityPyramid ed.Pyramid1964-01-01
The graveyard rolls.[1st ed.]Harper & Row1964-01-01
Two men in twentyHutchinson1964-01-01-
Two men in twentyHutchinson1964-01-01
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Two men in twenty.[1st ed.]Harper & Row1964-01-01
The pub crawlerPyramid ed.Pyramid Books1965-01-01
Death has a shadowHutchinson1965-01-01
Homicide blonde[1st ed.]Harper & Row1965-01-01
Rogue running[1st U.S. ed.]Harper & Row1966-01-01
His weight in gold[1st ed.]Harper & Row1966-01-01-
The Chief Inspector's statement.Large print ed.Ulverscroft1966-01-01
Exercise Hoodwink.[1st U.S. ed.]Harper & Row1967-01-01-
Hideaway.Hutchinson1968-01-01
The Dog ManHutchinson1969-01-01-
The spearhead deathLarge print ed.F.A. Thorpe1969-01-01
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Moonlight flittingF.A. Thorpe1971-01-01
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No proud chivalryCedric Chivers Ltd1972-01-01
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Hell is a cityHutchinson1972-01-01
Devil in moonlightWhite Lion Publishers1973-01-01
I will speak daggersWhite Lion Publishers1973-01-01-
Hurry the darknessWhite Lion Publishers1976-01-01
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The Chief Inspector's StatementLarge Print Ed editionUlverscroft Large Print1998-10-01
The Chief Inspector's StatementNew Ed editionBlack Dagger Crime2001-05-01
The Ripper MurdersCreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform2018-04-25