Gideon Series by J.J. Marric, William Vivian Butler, John Creasey

Gideon's day is a busy one. He balances family commitments with solving a series of seemingly unrelated crimes from which a plot nonetheless evolves and a mystery is solved.One of the most senior officers within Scotland Yard, George Gideon's crime solving abilities are in the finest traditions of London's world famous police headquarters. His analytical brain and sense of fairness is respected by colleagues and villains alike.First published under John Creasey's pseudonymn J J Marric.

Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard mystery.Wellesley Estate has become the focus of violence . muggings, rape, and arson . that the police cannot control; a restaurant ownerAs two brothers are killed gangland style; and a clairvoyant is insisting to the police that a man's kidnapped wife is alive . all they have to do is find the house in which she's being held.