Order of Toff Books
The Toff is a series of crime fiction/adventure novels by English author John Creasey. “The Toff” is the nickname that belongs to The Honourable Richard Rollison. A “toff” is British slang for an upper-crust type with a top hat, monocle, and bowtie. The Toff uses a caricature of this as his calling card while he works as an amateur sleuth.
John Creasey began his Toff series in 1938 with the novel Introducing the Toff. Creasey wrote a total of 59 novels in this series, concluding with The Toff and the Dead Man’s Finger in 1978. Below is a list of John Creasey’s Toff books in order of when they were originally released (which is also their chronological order)
Publication Order of Toff Books
| Introducing the Toff | (1938) |    |
| The Toff Goes On | (1939) | |
| The Toff Steps Out | (1939) | |
| Here Comes the Toff | (1940) | |
| The Toff Breaks In | (1940) | |
| Salute the Toff | (1941) | |
| The Toff Proceeds | (1941) | |
| The Toff Goes to Market | (1942) | |
| The Toff is Back | (1942) | |
| The Toff among the Millions | (1943) | |
| Accuse the Toff | (1943) | |
| The Toff and the Curate | (1944) | |
| The Toff And The Deadly Priest | (1944) | |
| The Toff and the Curate / The Toff and the Deadly Parson | (1944) | |
| The Toff and the Great Illusion | (1944) | |
| Feathers for the Toff | (1945) | |
| The Toff and the Lady | (1946) | |
| The Toff On Ice / Poison for the Toff | (1946) | |
| Hammer the Toff | (1947) | |
| The Toff Takes Shares | (1948) | |
| The Toff in Town | (1948) | |
| The Toff and Old Harry | (1949) | |
| The Toff on Board | (1949) | |
| Fool the Toff | (1950) | |
| Kill the Toff | (1950) | |
| A Knife for the Toff | (1951) | |
| A Mask for the Toff / The Toff Goes Gay | (1951) | |
| Hunt The Toff | (1952) | |
| Call the Toff | (1953) | |
| The Toff Down Under / Break the Toff | (1953) | |
| Murder Out of the Past | (1953) | |
| The Toff at Camp / The Toff at Butlins | (1954) | |
| The Toff at the Fair / Last Laugh for the Toff | (1954) | |
| Six for the Toff / A Score for the Toff | (1955) | |
| The Toff and the Deep Blue Sea | (1955) | |
| Make-Up For The Toff / Kiss the Toff | (1956) | |
| The Toff in New York | (1956) | |
| Model for the Toff | (1957) | |
| The Toff on Fire | (1957) | |
| The Toff and the Stolen Tresses | (1958) | |
| Terror for the Toff / The Toff on the Farm | (1958) | |
| The Toff and the Runaway Bride | (1959) | |
| Double for the Toff | (1959) | |
| A Doll for the Toff | (1959) | |
| Rocket for the Toff | (1960) | |
| The Kidnapped Child | (1960) | |
| The Toff and The Toughs / The Toff and the Teds | (1961) | |
| Follow the Toff | (1961) | |
| The Toff and the Spider | (1965) | |
| Leave it to the Toff | (1965) | |
| The Toff in Wax | (1966) | |
| A Bundle for the Toff | (1967) | |
| Stars for the Toff | (1967) | |
| The Toff and the Golden Boy | (1969) | |
| The Toff and the Fallen Angels | (1970) | |
| Vote for the Toff | (1971) | |
| The Toff and the Trip-Trip-Triplets | (1972) | |
| The Toff And The Terrified Taxman | (1972) | |
| The Toff and the Sleepy Cowboy | (1973) | |
| The Toff and the Crooked Copper | (1977) | |
| The Toff and the Dead Man's Finger | (1978) | |
Notes: The Toff and the Curate was later published as The Toff and the Deadly Parson. The Toff on Ice is also known as Poison for The Toff. The Toff Goes Gay was also released under the title of A Mask for the Toff. The Toff Down Under was also published as Break the Toff. The Toff at the Fair was re-titled Last Laugh For The Toff. A Six for the Toff was also published under the title A Score for the Toff. Make-Up for the Toff is also known as Kiss the Toff. The Toff on the Farm can also be found under the title Terror for the Toff. The Toff and the Teds was also published as The Toff and the Toughs.
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Toff Synopsis: Introducing the Toff by John Creasey is the first book in the Toff series. Whilst returning home from a cricket match at his father’s country home, the Honourable Richard Rollison – better known as The Toff – comes across an accident which proves to be a mystery. As he looks deeper into the matter with his usual perseverance and thoroughness, murder and suspense form the backdrop to a fast moving and exciting adventure.
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