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Superintendent/Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard is a fictional policeman who appeared in 26 police procedural novels, 21 of which were written by John Creasey under the pseudonym J.J. Marric, and published between 1955 and 1976. Portraying Gideon as a master balancing the management of cases and the workings of law enforcement, it has been considered his "most famous police procedural series".After Creasey's death, the series was continued in five further novels by .

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  • Superintendent/Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard is a fictional policeman who appeared in 26 police procedural novels, 21 of which were written by John Creasey under the pseudonym J.J. Marric, and published between 1955 and 1976. Portraying Gideon as a master balancing the management of cases and the workings of law enforcement, it has been considered his "most famous police procedural series".After Creasey's death, the series was continued in five further novels by . Anthony Boucher of the New York Times Book Review considered the first of the books, Gideon's Day (1955), to be author's best book. H. R. F. Keating, reviewer for the London Times picked Gideon's Week (1956) as one of the "100 Best Crime and Mystery Books" (1845-1986). Gideon's Fire (1962) won the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. (en)
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  • Gideon's Day
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  • Jack Hawkins in the film Gideon's Day; John Gregson in the TV series Gideon's Way (en)
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  • Malcolm Gideon (en)
  • Matthew Gideon (en)
  • Penelope Hobbs (en)
  • Priscilla Gideon (en)
  • Prudence Gideon (en)
  • Tom Gideon (en)
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  • Gideon's Day (en)
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  • Male (en)
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  • Gideon's Fear (en)
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  • George Gideon (en)
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  • British (en)
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  • Police detective (en)
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  • George Hobbs (en)
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  • Kate Gideon (en)
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  • Superintendent/Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard is a fictional policeman who appeared in 26 police procedural novels, 21 of which were written by John Creasey under the pseudonym J.J. Marric, and published between 1955 and 1976. Portraying Gideon as a master balancing the management of cases and the workings of law enforcement, it has been considered his "most famous police procedural series".After Creasey's death, the series was continued in five further novels by . (en)
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  • George Gideon (en)
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  • George Gideon (en)
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