Toff books in order

The Toff series by John Creasey follows the Honourable Richard Doyne through fifty-nine books of amateur detective adventures from 1938 to 1978, featuring one of crime fiction's most enduring aristocratic sleuths.

Reading order

# Title Published Author Buy on Amazon
1 Introducing the Toff 1938 John Creasey Buy
2 The Toff Goes On 1939 John Creasey Buy
3 The Toff Steps Out 1939 John Creasey Buy
4 Here Comes the Toff 1940 John Creasey Buy
5 The Toff Breaks In 1940 John Creasey Buy
6 Salute the Toff 1941 John Creasey Buy
7 The Toff Proceeds 1941 John Creasey Buy
8 The Toff Goes to Market 1942 John Creasey Buy
9 The Toff is Back 1942 John Creasey Buy
10 The Toff Among the Millions 1943 John Creasey Buy
11 Accuse the Toff 1943 John Creasey Buy
12 The Toff and the Curate / The Toff and the Deadly Parson / The Toff and the Deadly Priest 1944 John Creasey Buy
13 The Toff and the Great Illusion 1944 John Creasey Buy
14 Feathers for the Toff 1945 John Creasey Buy
15 The Toff and the Lady 1946 John Creasey Buy
16 The Toff on Ice / Poison for the Toff 1946 John Creasey Buy
17 Hammer the Toff 1947 John Creasey Buy
18 The Toff in Town 1948 John Creasey Buy
19 The Toff Takes Shares 1948 John Creasey Buy
20 The Toff and Old Harry 1949 John Creasey Buy
21 The Toff on Board 1949 John Creasey Buy
22 Fool the Toff 1950 John Creasey Buy
23 Kill the Toff 1950 John Creasey Buy
24 A Knife for the Toff 1951 John Creasey Buy
25 A Mask for the Toff / The Toff Goes Gay 1951 John Creasey Buy
26 Hunt the Toff 1952 John Creasey Buy
27 Call the Toff 1953 John Creasey Buy
28 The Toff Down Under / Break the Toff 1953 John Creasey Buy
29 Murder Out of the Past 1953 John Creasey N/A
30 The Toff at Camp / The Toff at Butlin’s 1954 John Creasey Buy
31 The Toff at the Fair / Last Laugh for the Toff 1954 John Creasey Buy
32 Six for the Toff / A Score for the Toff 1955 John Creasey Buy
33 The Toff and the Deep Blue Sea 1955 John Creasey Buy
34 Make-Up for the Toff / Kiss the Toff 1956 John Creasey Buy
35 The Toff in New York 1956 John Creasey Buy
36 Model for the Toff 1957 John Creasey Buy
37 The Toff on Fire 1957 John Creasey Buy
38 The Toff and the Stolen Tresses 1958 John Creasey Buy
39 Terror for the Toff / The Toff on the Farm 1958 John Creasey Buy
40 Double for the Toff 1959 John Creasey Buy
41 The Toff and the Runaway Bride 1959 John Creasey Buy
42 A Doll for the Toff 1959 John Creasey Buy
43 A Rocket for the Toff 1960 John Creasey Buy
44 The Toff and the Kidnapped Child 1960 John Creasey Buy
45 Follow the Toff 1961 John Creasey Buy
46 The Toff and the Toughs / The Toff and the Teds 1961 John Creasey Buy
47 Leave it to the Toff 1962 John Creasey Buy
48 The Toff and the Spider 1965 John Creasey Buy
49 The Toff in Wax 1966 John Creasey Buy
50 A Bundle for the Toff 1967 John Creasey Buy
51 Stars for the Toff 1967 John Creasey Buy
52 The Toff and the Golden Boy 1969 John Creasey Buy
53 The Toff and the Fallen Angels 1970 John Creasey Buy
54 Vote for the Toff 1971 John Creasey Buy
55 The Toff and the Trip-Trip-Triplets 1972 John Creasey Buy
56 The Toff and the Terrified Taxman 1972 John Creasey Buy
57 The Toff and the Sleepy Cowboy 1973 John Creasey Buy
58 The Toff and the Crooked Copper 1977 John Creasey Buy
59 The Toff and the Dead Man’s Finger 1978 John Creasey Buy

“The Toff is John Creasey’s longest-running series character, appearing in fifty-nine books from 1938 to 1978. The Honourable Richard Doyne — known as the Toff — is an aristocratic amateur detective who mixes with criminals and high society alike. He is charming, resourceful, and just unconventional enough to get into situations the police would avoid. The series titles are nearly all built around his nickname: Introducing the Toff, Salute the Toff, Kill the Toff, and dozens more.”

“The four-decade run tracks changes in British crime fiction and British society. Early books reflect the gentlemen-detective tradition of the Golden Age; later entries feel more modern. Creasey maintained the character’s essential appeal — an upper-class man who genuinely cares about justice — while updating the settings and stakes across almost sixty volumes.”

Frequently Asked Questions

How many books are in the Toff series?

There are 59 books in the Toff series, published between 1938 and 1978.

What is the first book in the Toff series?

The first book in the Toff series is Introducing the Toff, published in 1938.

Who is the Toff?

“The Toff is the Honourable Richard Doyne (Doyne Donavin in some editions), an aristocratic Englishman who moonlights as an amateur detective. He moves between high society and the criminal underworld with equal ease, using his charm, wit, and willingness to bend the rules to solve cases the police can’t or won’t handle. The fifty-nine books span four decades and take him from pre-war London to the late 1970s.”

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