''Gideon's Day'' is the first in a series of police procedural novels by
John Creasey
John Creasey (17 September 1908 – 9 June 1973) was an English crime writer, also writing science fiction, romance and western novels, who wrote more than six hundred novels using twenty-eight different pseudonyms.
He created several charac ...
writing as J.J. Marric. Published in 1955, it features a day in the professional life of
Detective Superintendent
Superintendent may refer to:
*Superintendent (police), Superintendent of Police (SP), or Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), a police rank
*Prison warden or Superintendent, a prison administrator
*Superintendent (ecclesiastical), a church exec ...
George Gideon of the
C.I.D.,
Scotland Yard. In later books in the series, Gideon has been promoted to the rank of C.I.D.
Commander.
Plot summary
Gideon's Day follows senior Superintendent George ‘Gee-Gee’ Gideon of Scotland Yard through one day of his 20-year career, during which a dozen different problems beset him and his men at Scotland Yard. C.I.D. Superintendent George Gideon is furious when he finds out that one of his detectives has accepted bribes. The consequences of confronting him spin out through the day. Other cases that Gideon deals with during the day include hunting for a child's killer and a jewel thief, solving a series of mail van robberies, and trying to find out who killed an old woman in a sweet-shop.
Adaptations
The
movie
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of the same name by director
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. He ...
is a comedy-melodrama, loosely adapted from the book.
See also
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''Gideon's Day'' (film), the film adaptation by
John Ford
John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential filmmakers of his generation. He ...
References
1955 British novels
British crime novels
British novels adapted into films
Novels by John Creasey
Novels set in London
Police procedurals
Hodder & Stoughton books
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