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) | |
| The Toff Breaks In | (1940) | |
| Here comes the Toff | (1940) | |
| Salute the Toff | (1941) | |
| The Toff Proceeds | (1941) | |
| The Toff is Back | (1942) | |
| The Toff Goes to Market | (1942) | |
| Accuse the Toff | (1943) | |
| The Toff among the Millions | (1943) | |
| The Toff and the Great Illusion | (1944) | |
| The Toff and the Curate / The Toff and the Deadly Parson | (1944) | |
| Feathers for the Toff | (1945) | |
| The Toff On Ice / Poison for the Toff | (1946) | |
| The Toff and the Lady | (1946) | |
| Hammer the Toff | (1947) | |
| The Toff in Town | (1948) | |
| The Toff Takes Shares | (1948) | |
| The Toff and Old Harry | (1949) | |
| Toff on Board | (1949) | |
| Fool the Toff | (1950) | |
| Kill The Toff | (1950) | |
| A Mask for the Toff / The Toff Goes Gay | (1951) | |
| A Knife for the Toff | (1951) | |
| Hunt The Toff | (1952) | |
| Call the Toff | (1953) | |
| The Toff Down Under / Break the Toff | (1953) | |
| The Toff at Camp / The Toff at Butlins | (1954) | |
| The Toff at the Fair / Last Laugh for the Toff | (1954) | |
| The Toff and the Deep Blue Sea | (1955) | |
| Six for the Toff / A Score for the Toff | (1955) | |
| The Toff in New York | (1956) | |
| Model for the Toff | (1957) | |
| The Toff on Fire | (1957) | |
| The Toff and the Stolen Tresses | (1958) | |
| A Doll for the Toff | (1959) | |
| The Toff and the Runaway Bride | (1959) | |
| Rocket for the Toff | (1960) | |
| Make-Up For The Toff / Kiss the Toff | (1960) | |
| The Kidnapped Child | (1960) | |
| The Toff and The Toughs / The Toff and the Teds | (1961) | |
| Follow the Toff | (1961) | |
| Terror for the Toff / The Toff on the Farm | (1965) | |
| Double for the Toff | (1965) | |
| Leave it to the Toff | (1965) | |
| The Toff and the Spider | (1965) | |
| A Bundle for the Toff | (1967) | |
| Stars for the Toff | (1968) | |
| The Toff and the Golden Boy | (1969) | |
| The Toff and the Fallen Angels | (1970) | |
| The Toff in Wax | (1971) | |
| Vote for the toff | (1971) | |
| The Toff And The Terrified Taxman | (1972) | |
| The Toff and the Trip-Trip-Triplets | (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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