Victor Canning was a prolific British writer of novels and thrillers who flourished in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. He was personally reticent, writing no memoirs and giving relatively few newspaper interviews.
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Doubled in diamonds
1977
ISBN 9780330021258
The python project
2021
ISBN 9781800324220
The Crimson Chalice
1978
ISBN 9780688033408
Mr Finchley Discovers His England
2019
ISBN 9781788421614
The finger of Saturn
1974
ISBN 9780688002336
Mr Finchley Takes the Road
1971
ISBN 9780434107612