Thomas, Martin
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
Working name of UK author Thomas Hector Martin (1913-1985) in a career that began just after the end of World War Two; he also used the floating pseudonym Peter Saxon at least once during his association with W Howard Baker, for The Curse of Rathlaw (1968) in the Guardians psychic-investigators series. His first fantastic novel, The Evil Eye (1958) for the Sexton Blake Library, was, like many of its successors, a routine occult tale; it was preceded by two other thrillers from the same series, The Copy-Cat Killings (1957) and Lady in Distress (1958), and followed by several others, generally involving some fantastic element. [JC]
Thomas Hector Martin
born Bristol, England: 29 June 1913
died Bristol, England: 18 September 1985
works
series
Sexton Blake Library (selected)
- The Copy-Cat Killings (London: The Amalgamated Press/Sexton Blake Library, 1957) [chap: tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- Lady in Distress (London: The Amalgamated Press/Sexton Blake Library, 1958) [chap: tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- The Evil Eye (London: The Amalgamated Press/Sexton Blake Library, 1958) [chap: tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/Sandri]
- Bred to Kill (London: Fleetway Publications/Sexton Blake Library, 1960) [chap: tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/Symeoni]
- Assignment Doomsday (London: Fleetway Publications/Sexton Blake Library, 1961) [chap: tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/Stefan Barany]
- Laird of Evil (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1965) [tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- The Mind Killers (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1965) [tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- Such Men Are Dangerous (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1965) [tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- Sorcerers of Set (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1966) [tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- An Event Called Murder (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1967) [tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
- Brainwashed (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1968) [tie to the Shared World franchise: Sexton Blake Library: pb/]
individual titles
- Beyond the Spectrum (London: Digit, 1964) [pb/Sam Peffer]
- The Hands of Cain (London: Mayflower-Dell, 1966) [pb/]
- The Hand of Cain (New York: Lancer Books, 1967) [vt of the above: pb/]
- The Curse of Rathlaw (New York: Lancer Books, 1968) as by Peter Saxon [Guardians: pb/Jeff Jones]
- Brain Dump (Scotts Valley, California: CreateSpace, 2012) [pb/]
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