John Appleby is a 20th-century British author of

pulp novels Pulp magazines (also referred to as "the pulps") were inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 until around 1955. The term "pulp" derives from the wood pulp paper on which the magazines were printed, due to their cheap nature. ...

, many of them mysteries or suspense fiction. His works include ''Captive City'', which was made into a film, ''

Conquered City ''The Captive City'' (Italian: ''La città prigioniera'') is a 1962 Italian English-language war film directed by Joseph Anthony and starring David Niven, Lea Massari and Ben Gazzara. It is based on the 1955 novel ''The Captive City'' by John App ...

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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.

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