Adam Hall Books in Order
Adam Hall was a pen name of Elleston Trevor, known for the Quiller spy thrillers and Hugo Bishop mysteries, alongside adventure and children's fiction.
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Adam Hall books in publication order
98 books
Into the Happy Glade
by Adam Hall
1943
Over the Wall
by Adam Hall
1943
By a Silver Stream
by Adam Hall
1944
Double Who Double Crossed
by Adam Hall
1944
Deep Wood
by Adam Hall
1945
Old Stripe the badger welcomes the animals of Deep Wood into his home beneath a great beech tree. Their encounters bring together Potter the otter, Woo Owl, Digger Mole and other woodland neighbors.
Wumpus
by Adam Hall
1945
Heather Hill
by Adam Hall
1946
Mole the Miller, Old Stripe the badger, Woo the owl and their woodland neighbors share another collection of animal adventures. Potter the otter, Skip Squirrel and the shopkeeping rabbits join the inhabitants of Heather Hill.
The Immortal Error
by Adam Hall
1946
A survivor awakens after an accident to discover that the soul inside him is not his own. The mistake places a supernatural question at the center of his recovered life.
More About Wumpus
by Adam Hall
1947
The Chipmunks of Willow Wood
by Adam Hall
1947
Badger's Beech
by Adam Hall
1948
A rhyme discovered in an old chest promises buried gold to anyone who can follow its clues. The woodland friends set out to unravel the directions and find the treasure.
Now Try the Morgue
by Adam Hall
1948
The Island of the Pines
by Adam Hall
1948
Old Grey Squirrel's lonely island becomes a refuge for two young badgers fleeing the mainland. Together, they defend their home against King Stoat through midnight raids, daring rescues and battles on the lake.
The Secret Travellers
by Adam Hall
1948
Potter the otter, Old Stripe the badger and Skip the squirrel leave their woodland home to explore the river. Their journey brings unexpected adventures and a church mouse who joins their travels.
Where's Wumpus?
by Adam Hall
1948
Wumpus the koala helps Ole Bill Mole decorate, discovers rope-swinging and attempts to repair his tree's ladder. His woodland friends turn everyday tasks into comic mishaps, including a remarkable experiment with an umbrella.
A Spy at Monk's Court
by Adam Hall
1949
Ants' Castle
by Adam Hall
1949
Rival societies of ants wage war in a miniature world of castles and conflict. Their struggles unfold in a children's fantasy that draws on the language and atmosphere of chivalric adventure.
Badger's Moon
by Adam Hall
1949
Four woodland animals make an unexpected journey to the Moon aboard a rocket ship. Far from their familiar forest, they encounter its inhabitants in a science fiction adventure for children.
Chorus of Echoes
by Adam Hall
1950
The Mystery of the Missing Book
by Adam Hall
1950
Challenge of the Firebrand
by Adam Hall
1951
Two boys become involved in the competitive world of Grand Prix motor racing. Their adventure explores the part young enthusiasts can play in a sport dominated by powerful cars and fierce competition.
Dead on Course
by Adam Hall
1951
Image in the Dust / Cockpit
by Adam Hall
1951
Knight Sinister
by Adam Hall
1951
Hugo Bishop investigates the disappearance of an actor involved with a theatrical director's wife. With assistant Vera Gorringe, he enters a backstage world of jealousy, deception and dangerous rivalries.
Mole's Castle
by Adam Hall
1951
Digger Mole and his companions explore a woodland whose quiet surroundings hint at an earlier age of kings. Old Stripe, Potter the otter and Woo Owl return in this Deep Wood adventure.
Redfern's Miracle
by Adam Hall
1951
Secret Arena
by Adam Hall
1951
Sinister Cargo
by Adam Hall
1951
Sweethallow Valley
by Adam Hall
1951
Tiger Street
by Adam Hall
1951
A Blaze of Roses / The Fire-Raiser
by Adam Hall
1952
After setting fire to the artificial-flower factory where he works, Hobson Piper flees across England. Encounters with police and strangers gradually reveal the frustrations and private motives behind his startling act.
Queen in Danger
by Adam Hall
1952
Thelma Speight turns to Hugo Bishop when her estranged husband escapes from an institution and begins stalking her. Bishop must confront the threat posed by a man believed to be homicidal.
The Domesday Story / Doomsday
by Adam Hall
1952
An impending hydrogen-bomb test in Australia raises fears that the experiment could destroy the world. The novel examines the uncertainty and moral responsibility surrounding a weapon whose consequences may be irreversible.
Bishop in Check
by Adam Hall
1953
Men drawn to Melody Carr's exclusive private club keep dying under suspicious circumstances. Hugo Bishop enters her circle to investigate the deaths, risking becoming the next victim of its dangerous attractions.
Shadow of Evil
by Adam Hall
1953
The Passion and the Pity
by Adam Hall
1953
Naked Canvas
by Adam Hall
1954
Pawn in Jeopardy / Dead Silence
by Adam Hall
1954
Professor Scobie returns from an Antarctic expedition carrying a valuable secret, then dies after being thrown from a train. Hugo Bishop investigates the murder and the dangerous knowledge behind it.
Steps in the Dark
by Adam Hall
1954
American adventurer Rick Vaness investigates the hit-and-run killing of blackmailer Mark Stenner. When his wartime rescuer Roger Scarsdale is accused, Vaness steps in to clear his friend's name.
Forbidden Kingdom
by Adam Hall
1955
A technologically advanced enclave lies hidden in the Kalahari Desert. This children's lost-world adventure explores an extraordinary society concealed within a landscape that seems far removed from modern civilization.
Rook's Gambit / Dead Circuit
by Adam Hall
1955
Death-row prisoners in two countries mysteriously die before their scheduled executions, drawing the attention of amateur investigator Hugo Bishop and his assistant Vera Gorringe. A young woman's sudden death brings their puzzling inquiry closer to home.
Squadron Airborne
by Adam Hall
1955
Nineteen-year-old Pilot Officer Peter Stuyckes arrives at RAF Westhill during the Battle of Britain. Over one week of combat in the summer of 1940, pilots and ground crews face the pressures of keeping their squadron airborne.
The Big Pick-Up
by Adam Hall
1955
A battered British platoon retreats across France toward Dunkirk as German troops advance. With exhaustion and collapsing morale threatening its cohesion, the unit must keep moving through attacks from tanks and aircraft to reach the promised evacuation.
Gale Force
by Adam Hall
1956
Two hundred miles from Land's End, the grain ship Atlantic Whipper struggles through a violent gale. Captain Harkness fights to keep his vessel afloat while its passengers and crew confront the danger and their private troubles.
Killing Ground
by Adam Hall
1956
A British tank squadron crosses the Channel for the Normandy invasion in 1944. From the assault on the coast to the fighting around Falaise, its men face the demands of armored warfare and the risks of advancing through enemy territory.
Dead Sequence, etc
by Adam Hall
1957
Heat Wave
by Adam Hall
1957
The Pillars of Midnight / 80,000 Suspects
by Adam Hall
1957
Doctor Steven Monks discovers a smallpox case just as he and his wife Julie prepare for a holiday. The spreading emergency pulls them into tracing possible infections while exposing strains in their marriage and disagreements about duty.
Badger's Wood
by Adam Hall
1958
Old Stripe the badger and his woodland friends become embroiled in trouble that grows from petty vandalism into piracy. Boat building, salvage, and nighttime raids bring the animals into conflict with rat pirates on the water.
Dream of Death
by Adam Hall
1958
Green Glade
by Adam Hall
1959
Silhouette
by Adam Hall
1959
The Crystal City
by Adam Hall
1959
The V.I.P.
by Adam Hall
1959
The Billboard Madonna
by Adam Hall
1960
Advertising worker Curtis Miller is haunted by the death of Grace Random in a hit-and-run accident. His road-safety campaign clashes with his agency's promotion of a fast new car, while contact with Grace's family deepens his guilt.
The Mind of Max Duvine
by Adam Hall
1960
A man finds himself increasingly directed by an invisible influence linked to Maxwell Duvine, who is already dead. Telepathy becomes a source of terror as the dead man's mind exerts its disturbing power over the living.
The Burning Shore / The Pasang Run
by Adam Hall
1961
Widowed Hugh Copland takes charge of Pasang airport in a troubled Malayan state after two managers have failed. Communist threats, danger to the Sultan, and complicated relationships challenge his efforts to restore order and rebuild his life.
Squirrel's Island
by Adam Hall
1963
The Volcanoes of San Domingo
by Adam Hall
1963
Airline station chief Paul Rayner travels from London to investigate a crash near San Domingo, capital of the South American country Aguador. Reports that the supposedly dead captain has been seen alive cast doubt on the official account.
The Flight of the Phoenix
by Adam Hall
1964
An aircraft crash leaves its survivors stranded in the desert with communications cut off and no rescue arriving. Their chance of escape rests on rebuilding parts of the wreck into a smaller plane, despite clashing personalities and dwindling resources.
The Berlin Memorandum / Quiller Memorandum
by Adam Hall
1965
British intelligence officer Quiller wants to leave Germany after helping investigate Nazi war criminals. The murder of a respected colleague persuades him to remain and uncover the plans of a secret society seeking a revival of German militarism.
Weave a Rope of Sand
by Adam Hall
1965
The 9th Directive
by Adam Hall
1966
Quiller is sent to Bangkok to stop an assassination during a royal state visit. His target is a killer known as Kuo, but identifying and finding the assassin before the visit gives the British agent little room for error.
The Shoot
by Adam Hall
1966
On a remote Pacific island, scientists prepare to launch the White Lance space probe using dangerously unstable fuel. A previous failure, personal tensions, and the proximity of a military missile unit complicate their work and threaten the experiment.
A Blaze of Arms
by Adam Hall
1967
A Place for the Wicked
by Adam Hall
1968
Seven friends prepare for their annual holiday in Antibes after the men take part in a robbery. When panic leads to a policeman's death, their stay at Villa Mimosa becomes a test of guilt, secrecy, and strained relationships.
Striker Portfolio
by Adam Hall
1968
A series of crashes involving West German supersonic jets sends Quiller into an investigation of possible sabotage. Pursuing the cause takes him across Cold War divisions, where attempts on his life make the inquiry increasingly dangerous.
The Freebooters
by Adam Hall
1968
Eight British soldiers desert their regiment in East Africa after being forbidden to respond to provocations. Crossing hostile territory, they set out to help a White Cross mission besieged by guerrillas, with one man's romantic hopes adding a personal motive.
Bury Him Among Kings
by Adam Hall
1970
The Third Dukes, a British battalion, serve on the Western Front throughout the First World War. Their experiences in France unfold alongside the lives of friends and families at home, tracing how the conflict reaches beyond the battlefield.
The Warsaw Document
by Adam Hall
1971
Quiller enters Warsaw in winter to infiltrate a Soviet program threatening international détente. His assignment to destroy it places him among rival intelligence interests, police surveillance, and double agents, with little certainty about whom he can trust.
Expressway
by Adam Hall
1973
A Fourth of July holiday sends crowded traffic from New York toward the beaches. A surgeon searching for his daughter, a woman escaping her marriage, fleeing criminals, and other travelers cross paths as the highway becomes a place of danger.
The Tango Briefing
by Adam Hall
1973
Quiller travels into the Sahara to locate and destroy a downed aircraft before its existence and cargo become known. Enemy agents pursue the same target, turning an already hazardous assignment into a race through a hostile desert.
Paragon / Night Stop
by Adam Hall
1975
The Mandarin Cypher
by Adam Hall
1975
Sent to Hong Kong, Quiller investigates the apparent drowning of a Ministry of Defence technician. Surveillance, poisoning, and a colleague's death suggest that the seemingly routine inquiry conceals a much more dangerous operation involving Chinese territory.
Kobra Manifesto
by Adam Hall
1976
A plane crash in France, an airport explosion in Rome, and a diplomat's murder in Cambodia draw Quiller toward Kobra. The British agent must pursue an international terrorist group whose violence has already claimed other intelligence operatives.
Blue Jay Summer
by Adam Hall
1977
The Theta Syndrome
by Adam Hall
1977
Comatose Claudia Terman lies in intensive care at Garden Grove Hospital while a nurse begins writing desperate messages during seizures. A surgeon's sudden death and a killer's presence suggest that the hospital's unsettling events are connected.
The Sinkiang Executive
by Adam Hall
1978
After a rash act puts his intelligence career at risk, Quiller is offered a dangerous chance to remain in service. He must fly into Russia on a mission where discovery could bring immediate destruction, facing deadly confrontations along the way.
The Sibling
by Adam Hall
1979
A young man consumed by forbidden desire comes under the influence of sinister forces from beyond the grave. His actions bring horror into a prominent family, turning intimate bonds into a source of supernatural danger and fear.
The Scorpion Signal
by Adam Hall
1980
Quiller is ordered to find fellow agent Shapiro, a survivor of Moscow's Lubyanka Prison who appears to have been abducted by the KGB. Entering Russia, Quiller encounters sabotage and treachery that threaten to turn the rescue into an international crisis.
Peking Target
by Adam Hall
1981
After a British agent returns from Peking and is murdered, Quiller enters China under diplomatic cover. Attacks surrounding a state funeral draw him into a conspiracy involving a powerful Triad leader and Soviet interests.
The Damocles Sword
by Adam Hall
1981
British intelligence officer Martin Benedict infiltrates an elite SS unit during the Second World War. When his cover is exposed, he must decide how to complete a crucial mission while facing vastly increased danger inside enemy territory.
The Penthouse
by Adam Hall
1983
A gunman seizes wealthy Tina St. Clair's Manhattan penthouse after killing two men in the building's lobby. With the elevators disabled and explosives blocking the stairs, police face a hostage crisis that could destroy the entire tower.
Death Watch
by Adam Hall
1985
A deadly virus created through a genetic engineering accident becomes a weapon for Soviet hardliners. Their plans threaten the West with a devastating epidemic, turning scientific disaster into a struggle over international power and survival.
Northlight
by Adam Hall
1985
Working behind the Iron Curtain without a gun, cover, or dependable contacts, Quiller must survive in a city that offers little refuge. His mission requires trusting an unreliable woman and rescuing a man he would rather kill.
Siren Song
by Adam Hall
1985
Screen star Lorraine Floderus enters the corporate world to rescue her father's failing perfume empire. Facing hostile colleagues, ruthless competitors, and looming bankruptcy, she stakes her future on a new fragrance while pursuing the man she loves.
Quiller's Run
by Adam Hall
1988
Feeling betrayed by the Bureau, Quiller takes a freelance assignment in Southeast Asia. A near assassination in Singapore pulls him into a dangerous world of drug trafficking and rebellion, where stopping a bloodbath becomes his priority.
Riviera Story
by Adam Hall
1988
Quiller KGB
by Adam Hall
1989
The Bureau orders Quiller to cooperate with the KGB to protect a Russian leader visiting East Berlin. Amid tensions surrounding the divided city, he must navigate an uneasy alliance and uncover an assassination conspiracy before the diplomatic visit turns deadly.
Quiller Barracuda
by Adam Hall
1990
Sent to Miami to investigate a Bureau agent's strange behavior, Quiller arrives just before the man disappears. His search reveals a mind-control conspiracy involving presidential politics, cocaine smuggling, and Mafia killers determined to disrupt his mission.
Quiller Bamboo
by Adam Hall
1991
After the Tiananmen crackdown, Quiller is assigned to protect a dissident Chinese astrophysicist involved in resistance to Beijing. Chinese agents seek to capture the scientist, while betrayal and threats against his family complicate a perilous escape.
Quiller Solitaire
by Adam Hall
1992
The murder of an agent Quiller was protecting sends him after a terrorist network. Following the killers brings him to a plot targeting an American flight to Berlin, with a nuclear weapon raising the stakes of his pursuit.
Quiller Meridian
by Adam Hall
1993
A British agent's death leads Quiller to Moscow and a clandestine meeting aboard the Trans-Siberian Express. When his contact is killed, clues pointing to former generals pull him into a hardline conspiracy and a dangerous flight across Russia.
Flycatcher
by Adam Hall
1994
Fashion executive Tasha Fontaine begins hearing the voice of a woman murdered in Central Park. As a serial killer's attacks continue, her disturbing psychic connection draws her into a police investigation and makes her fear she could be next.
Quiller Salamander
by Adam Hall
1994
Quiller takes an unsanctioned assignment in Cambodia, where signs of a Khmer Rouge resurgence threaten another massacre. Working without the Bureau's protection, he must question his contacts and confront the moral consequences of intervening in the violence.
The Sister
by Adam Hall
1994
Neglected sisters Madlen and Debra seek refuge in a convent, but hidden passages and disturbing secrets undermine their safety. As Madlen's behavior becomes increasingly threatening, Debra fears the sister she depends on may want her dead.
Quiller Balalaika
by Adam Hall
1996
Quiller infiltrates Russia's post-Cold War criminal underworld to reach a powerful mafioso with British connections. When a vital ally is imprisoned in the supposedly inescapable Gulank, he must attempt a rescue to keep the operation alive.
Wrong and Wright
by Adam Hall
2013
Professional assassin Alan Wright receives assignments through an anonymous telephone handler. Hoping to leave killing behind and build a happier future, he makes choices that instead pull him deeper into the criminal world he wants to escape.
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