John Appleby

John Appleby is a 20th-century British author of pulp novels, many of them mysteries or suspense fiction. His works include Captive City, which was made into a film, Conquered City.

Publications Tin trumpet at dawn (London : Werner Laurie, 1950) OCLC 10746780 Aphrodite Means Death. (London : Werner Laurie, 1951) Sydney: Shakespeare Head, 1952. OCLC 223707016. "American edition has title: The arms of Venus." Barbary Hoard. New York: Coward-McCann, 1952. OCLC 1662872 The Singing Cave. Laurie, 1952. OCLC 30168577 The Dark Corsican. Werner Laurie, UK, 1953 Stars in the Water. New York: Coward-McCann, 1953. OCLC 1662348. Published in the United States by Dell in 1958, with the title "Grounds for Murder" Venice Preserve Me. Hodder & Stoughton, 1954. OCLC 30198989 The Captive City New York: W. Sloane Associates, 1955. OCLC 1662373 The Secret Mountains. Hodder & Stoughton, 1955 OCLC 59016005 The Stuffed Swan. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1956. OCLC 12652460 The Bad Summer. New York: I. Washburn, 1958. OCLC 1747219 The Loving Strangers. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1968.