E Phillips Oppenheim Books in Order

Wealthy amateur detective Sir Jasper Slane assists aristocrats facing theft, kidnapping, blackmail, and financial ruin. Working with Scotland Yard’s Inspector Stimpson, he navigates a privileged world where criminal puzzles and romantic distractions repeatedly interrupt comfortable club life.

David Newberry emerges from prison to inherit wealth and a noble title, but the London gang that betrayed him refuses to release its hold. To claim his new life, David must confront the criminals who left him taking the blame.

A company develops a revolutionary formula for synthetic silk, only to have the secret stolen. A demand for a million pounds turns the industrial breakthrough into a financial crisis, with the missing invention and its immense value at stake.

Inspector Dickins pretends to retire from Scotland Yard and infiltrates a criminal circle as an American rogue. Convinced that thieves’ vanity is their greatest weakness, he pits his deception against a gang whose crimes are alarming London.

Peter Cradd leads a dull, downtrodden middle-class existence until an unexpected inheritance gives him a fortune. Sudden wealth offers the possibility of remaking his life, unsettling the familiar routines and expectations that have defined him and his family.

After losing his New York police job for defending an innocent man, Peter Hames inherits a fortune and moves to Monte Carlo. His plans to live as an artist give way to ten adventures that revive his detective instincts.

American investor Warren Brand seeks control of the world's gold market, planning to use financial power to prevent another war. His ambitious campaign pits an individual fortune against the interests of great nations and their established political calculations.

Ten connected mysteries follow Commodore Jasen through crime and intrigue on the Riviera. Behind his genial public image lies a less respectable identity, and his involvement in each investigation draws readers into a world where appearances conceal dangerous secrets.

Businessman Reuben Argels betrays his friend Moran Chambers, sending him to Sing Sing for ten years. Argels rebuilds his career in London, but prosperity cannot quiet his fear that the man he ruined will eventually return for revenge.

During the Russian Revolution, American diplomat Wilfred Haven agrees to carry an aristocratic family's jewels to their daughter abroad. Pursued by Bolshevik agents, he encounters Anna Kastellane, a potential ally whose loyalties make his already dangerous mission more uncertain.

Wealthy American Jerry Stride falls for Princess Marya of Pletz, but her political mission takes precedence over romance. Following her through Paris and her troubled homeland, he offers money and assistance while confronting enemies determined to remove him.

American Roger Sloane reconnects with an old classmate on the French Riviera and becomes involved in confronting expatriate bootleggers. Their sophisticated crime syndicate draws the friends into robbery, murder, and intrigue amid the region's wealthy social circles.

A retired detective is drawn back into solving crime, relying on his experience to confront deception and dangerous opponents. The return to investigation tests his ability to see through hidden motives and uncover the truth behind a perplexing case.

Home Secretary Humphrey Rossiter is abducted by masked men who demand he reconsider a condemned prisoner's case. A later disappearance involving an actress challenges Scotland Yard, prompting a junior detective to venture undercover in search of the mysterious captors.

Financially troubled deaths disturb a prosperous Surrey community whose businessmen commute together to London. A persistent newcomer claiming to research a novel questions the local bank manager, drawing attention to possible connections beneath the seemingly respectable town's daily routines.

American war veteran Martin Fawley is recruited in Rome by Italy's intelligence chief for an undercover mission. Traveling toward Nice and Monte Carlo, he becomes involved in a far-reaching scheme intended to prevent another international war.

Returning to London after years in Canada, Roger Ferrison rents a room in a Hammersmith boarding house. His apparently ordinary fellow residents prove increasingly puzzling, and a murder forces him to confront the secrets hidden beneath their respectable appearances.

Independent Clara, Baroness Linz, opens a London detective agency to find meaningful work. Eleven investigations range from a broken engagement to threats against the government, bringing her sympathetic manner and intelligence to mysteries across different social worlds.

Wintering aboard his yacht on the French Riviera, American Hamer Wildburn rescues a jeweled woman swimming at night. Her extraordinary offer to buy the vessel is followed by further interest and a deadly threat, making the yacht's importance an unsettling mystery.

Retired American secret-service man General Besserley enjoys Monaco society while investigating unusual problems brought to him. These stories move through Monte Carlo’s luxurious circles, where gambling, aristocratic company, and puzzling personal affairs provide opportunities for his interventions.

Lord Sandbrook blames a textile company's directors for his parents' deaths and wages a campaign of revenge in London's financial district. Corporate intrigue and accumulating disasters transform his grievance into a struggle against the business centered in Basinghall Street.

Lucie Mott pursues an investigative career while becoming entangled with the mysterious Violet Joe and a dangerous criminal leader. Ten cases mix missing people, concealed crimes, and romantic complications that repeatedly test her judgment and independence.

Cargo captain Jan Henderson works with mysterious conspirators shipping goods between Holland and London. A violent death at Bunter's Buildings draws a police investigation toward a dancer called Judy, secretive aristocrats, and a smuggling enterprise with dangerous international connections.

An inheritance transforms the lives of five Rooke relatives, drawing them into a succession of mysteries and unexpected adventures. Ten connected episodes bring encounters with murder, kidnapping, and troubled strangers as the newly wealthy legatees navigate their changed circumstances.

Returning to his Norfolk estate after years abroad, the Earl of Matresser encounters a mysterious assault and unexpected visitors. His household's intrigues eventually draw him toward Germany and an ambitious international plot to restore monarchies in troubled European countries.

Inventor's son Mark Humberstone and his associate Cheng establish a powerful espionage bureau intended to demonstrate that war is impossible. Cheng's additional political ambitions and a plot against his life complicate their attempt to reshape international affairs using extraordinary technology.

Mechester mayor and shoe manufacturer Daniel Poynton falls for an aristocratic woman after rescuing her while riding. His personal transformation coincides with threats from foreign competitors and local rivals, entangling romantic aspirations with the future of his business and workers.

Disabled maître d’hôtel Louis watches the Milan Hotel’s grill room while journalist Charles Lyson undertakes the adventures his observations uncover. Ten stories connect fashionable dining with smuggling, murder, and espionage, turning the hotel into a meeting place for intrigue.

Travelers converge on Monte Carlo as the prospect of war between France and Germany darkens their visit. Among them, the heir to a German banking firm faces pressure to return home, bringing financial influence and divided obligations into the resort's intrigues.

Sensitive information begins leaking from London's Naval Intelligence Bureau, raising suspicion around members of its staff and an American banker's wife. The investigation follows an espionage threat through seemingly respectable circles, where identifying the source becomes essential to protecting official secrets.

A practiced criminal travels through changing identities in a collection of linked adventures involving robbery, forgery, and escape. His exploits range from helping British intelligence recover important documents to assisting a servant in trouble, while evading the consequences of his crimes.

Prince Alexander and Russian dancer Anna Prestnoff encounter Soviet agents while crossing the Atlantic to England. Attempts to capture them reveal a publishing enterprise tied to counterrevolutionary intelligence, drawing both into a struggle against operatives determined to return Alexander to Russia.

Wealthy banker Sir Adam Blockton vanishes while waiting for lunch, leaving Scotland Yard an apparently impossible disappearance. A corpse at his bank and missing funds deepen the puzzle, while his familiar routines offer investigators possible routes into the mystery.

Young tycoon Beverley operates a bauxite mine in the small kingdom of Orlac when a new discovery creates competing claims. Supporting an impoverished prince and his sister brings him into conflict with German agents and the country's extravagant ruler.

General Besserley returns to the Riviera with another sequence of puzzling encounters. The former soldier and diplomat intervenes in gambling troubles, romantic difficulties, and other people’s predicaments, applying his practiced social skills amid luxurious villas and casinos.

British diplomat Phillip Mildenhall meets banker and art collector Leopold Benjamin in Vienna shortly before Nazi annexation. As Mildenhall assists Jewish people escaping Austria, their paths move toward another meeting in Paris under the shadow of the city's approaching fall.

Seeking accommodation near Nice or Cannes, David Granet arrives at a manor whose owner has recently died. A contested will draws him between an estate agent and the deceased woman's niece, with land, fortune, and valuable botanical formulas at stake.

Richard Lebur pleads guilty to murder to escape a death sentence, then insists on his innocence as he is taken away. Years later, former policeman Martin Brockenhurst reopens the matter, complicated by his love for Lebur's wife, a painter.

From his table in the Milan Hotel’s grill room, disabled war veteran Louis helps police and intelligence officers uncover dangerous schemes. Ten linked stories follow his resourceful interventions against spies and traitors, often alongside Major Charles Lyson.

Sheltered American millionaire Maurice Teyl reluctantly begins a world tour and befriends English actress Lucy Compston after missing his train. Concealing his immense wealth, he tries to win her affection while discovering a life beyond his grandmother's strict upbringing.

Leaving Portugal to avoid pressure to serve Germany's military, Marquis Roderigo de Cordovina meets Anne Strangeways en route to London. Their new social circle includes the mysterious Mr. Mirakel, whose influence opens the possibility of a remote world untouched by war.

E. Phillips Oppenheim looks back on his own life in this autobiography, moving from the experiences behind the writer to recollections of the world he inhabited. The memoir offers his personal perspective alongside the fiction for which he became known.

Previously uncollected stories and autobiographical pieces accompany The Modern Prometheus in this volume. Six tales follow gentleman adventurer Andrew Thesholm, the Reluctant Gambler, while additional material offers a broader view of Oppenheim’s romantic suspense and personal recollections.

Nineteen previously uncollected magazine stories bring together mystery, political intrigue, romance, and deception. Daniel Paul Morrison’s introduction and detailed bibliography accompany the tales, recovering work that had remained outside Oppenheim’s books for decades.