Series
Dr. Palfrey
John Creasey · 28 novels · 1942–1979
Dr. Palfrey follows Stanislaus Alexander Palfrey, a doctor turned intelligence chief who leads Z5, a secret international organization formed to counter wartime espionage and escalating global threats. John Creasey's long-running series follows Palfrey and his agents across nearly four decades, moving from Cold War-style thrillers in its early volumes toward science-fictional, near-apocalyptic dangers later on.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Map
Dr. Palfrey at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1940s7
- 1950s8
- 1960s7
- 1970s6
Shape
28 novels
1 author · completed series
reads like:thriller & suspensesurvivalour worldmid 20th centurytenseadult
Mood
Grim and intense: 79% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book28 of 28 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- The Blightdarkest · calmest
- The Children of Hatebrightest
- The Floodmost intense