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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 5th series ·
Novel 34 · Jan. 1967 · Mayflower-Dell Books ·
3/6 DEAD RESPECTABLE by Desmond Reid (Ross Richards) · Illustrator: None Other content: None Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 5th series ·
Novel 35 · Feb. 1967 · Mayflower-Dell Books ·
3/6 AN EVENT CALLED MURDER by Martin Thomas (Thomas Martin) · Illustrator: None Other content: None Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 5th series ·
Novel 36 · Mar. 1967 · Mayflower-Dell Books ·
3/6 THIS SPY MUST DIE by Peter Saxon (W. Howard Baker) · Illustrator: None Other content: None Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 5th series ·
Novel 37 · Jul. 1967 · Mayflower-Dell Books ·
3/6 THE SLAVE BRAIN by Desmond Reid (Ross Richards) · Illustrator: None Other content: None Notes: After three months working abroad to destroy a drugs cartel, Sexton Blake returns to his Berkeley Square office in a foul mood and manages to insult all his staff. Later, while making a TV appearance on a talk show, he demeans the host and storms off the set. His physician, Sir Manfred Peek recommends a stay in a rest home. Blake is thus booked into Deaver Grange — which is also a private hospital — where he begins a health regime. A few days later, a multi-millionaire Arab Sheikh named Abd-el Muri arrives. Already this oil tycoon has ecaped two assassination attempts and Blake knows that more may come. When Arthur 'Splash' Kirby enters the home in the guise of a patient, Blake reveals to him that his apparent nervous breakdown was simply a ploy to get himself into the home without it seeming as if he is on a mission. In fact, he is acting on instructions from Eustace Craille to protect the Sheikh. An attack on Abd-el Muri results in a head injury which has to be operated on. Blake speaks to another of Craille's agents who is posing as the hospital's porter. In mid-conversation, a shot from a hidden gunman hits the porter in the head. Craille learns of the death via Kirby and responds by revealing Blake's mission to Tinker and sending him to help. Detective Chief Inspector George Coutts is also ordered to investigate Deaver Grange. One of the hospital doctors who had operated on the Sheikh flees from the crime scene and is killed in a gunfight with Blake. The Sheikh leaves the Grange but the detective learns that he is to be ambushed. With the help of the police, the attack is foiled. Abd-el Muri has a meeting with the government which is crucial for the country's oil supplies. Afterwards, Craille takes Blake to meet the Prime Minister who informs them that the Arab had acted out of character and reversed his previous position on oil supplies — a disaster for British interests. Blake, with authorisation, kidnaps the Sheikh and hands him over to a brain surgeon who removes a transmitter from the man's skull. Two plots have been foiled; one to kill the Sheikh, the other to control him.The culprits are identified and justice is served. Trivia: The author is given as Desmond Reid on the cover but as Peter Saxon inside. Rating: 
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 5th series ·
Novel 38 · Aug. 1967 · Mayflower-Dell Books ·
3/6 TREASON REMEMBERED by W. Howard Baker · Illustrator: None Other content: None Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 5th series ·
Novel 39 · Sep. 1967 · Mayflower-Dell Books ·
3/6 CRASH AND CARRY by Stephen Christie (D. S. C. Kuruppu with revisions by W. Howard Baker and Ross Richards) · Illustrator: None Other content: None Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 5th series ·
Novel 40 · Oct. 1967 · Mayflower-Dell Books ·
3/6 THE TRAIL OF THE GOLDEN GIRL by Rex Dolphin · Illustrator: None Other content: None Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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THE SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY · 5th series ·
Novel 41 · Nov. 1967 · Mayflower-Dell Books ·
3/6 STAR CROSSED by Matt Mead (Ross Richards) · Illustrator: Unknown Other content: Unknown Notes: None at present. Unrated |
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