Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Murder in the Family | 1944 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 2 | Find The Body | 1945 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 3 | Murder Came Late | 1946 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 4 | Run Away to Murder | 1947 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 5 | Let’s Kill Uncle Lionel | 1947 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 6 | Mystery Motive | 1947 | John Creasey | Buy |
| 7 | Close the Door on Murder | 1948 | John Creasey | Buy |
Superintendent Folly ran seven books between 1944 and 1948, making it one of John Creasey’s more contained series. The novels are straightforward murder mysteries featuring a detective whose name is the only whimsical thing about him. Folly himself is a capable investigator working through cases in post-war Britain.
The books were published rapidly during the mid-1940s, with three titles appearing in 1947 alone: Run Away to Murder, Let’s Kill Uncle Lionel, and Mystery Motive. Murder in the Family (1944) opens the series, and Close the Door on Murder (1948) finishes it. The wartime and immediate post-war setting gives the mysteries a specific atmosphere that separates them from Creasey’s later output.
Creasey published over 600 books under dozens of pen names, so a seven-book series is unusually short for him. Readers interested in classic British mystery fiction from the 1940s will find Superintendent Folly a manageable introduction to his enormous catalog.