On the plane from New York to London, Dr. Morelle chances to meet Edwin Gale, a smooth-tongued swindler. Inexplicably, Gale finds himself drawn to the famous psychiatrist-detective, and so begins one of Dr. Morelle's most intriguing cases. Back in London, the Doctor encounters Edwin Gale again, and, as a result, finds himself involved in the dark machinations of Dolores del Robia, who's as evil as she is lovely. When Dolores is found strangled to death, Dr. Morelle must investigate a maelstrom of violence to unmask the murderer... Another classic crime tale in this popular and long-running series!

At the time that Ted Patrick is planning to pull off his biggest house-breaking job, Dr. Morelle, aided as ever by Miss Frayle, sets up an off-beat criminological experiment, which is destined to have unexpected results. The success of Ted Patrick's coup, achieved with the inside help of a pretty blonde, Myra Campbell, is marred by the killing of a village policeman. Patrick gets away with the loot but runs into trouble when his cleverly planned alibi crumbles dramatically. In a last desperate effort to keep himself in the clear, he deliberately becomes involved in Dr. Morelle's strange scheme. At first it seems that Ted Patrick's luck will hold, but he reckons without Dr. Morelle . . . and without Myra Campbell herself!

A pretty girl and a drunken producer are involved in a dramatic motor accident on the road from Lyons to Paris -- a fruitful source for black­mail. The first sinister consequence occurs at a party where, among the actresses and producers, Dr. Morelle is present with his secretary. Miss Frayle. The famous criminologist finds himself plunged into one of the strangest cases of his career as he takes to the airwaves to unmask a murderer before he can kill again! A classic British mystery by the BBC's "Armchair Detective."

Here is a collection of the strange adventures of Doctor Morelle, that most sardonic of characters, and his gentle, timorous assistant Miss Frayle, in a sequence of fifteen gripping episodes-fifteen dynamically hair-raising chapters from the Doctor's case-book. Meet Doctor Morelle throws some interesting sidelights on what is probably the most sensational partnership ever conceived in the field of crime. "Ernest Dudley's creations appear to be doing not a little to fill the blank caused by the extinction of Gonan Doyle's famous medical partners." -Western Mail

ERNEST DUDLEY is an English author known to millions of crime fiction addicts for his weekly Armchair Detective radio broadcasts, and also for the Doctor Morelle series of stories (and radio plays) in which the shrewd detective-psychiatrist solved countless mysteries with the aid of his assistant, Miss Frayle. Dudley has revealed that Dr. Morelle has his genesis in a coal cellar in Bristol in 1940, where the author (who already worked for the BBC Variety Department) sat out German air-raids. "The character of Dr. Morelle," Mr Dudley has remarked, "was finally evolved from my memories of the silent film star Erich von Stroheim - who incidentally nearly played the part years later in a film version - and whom Hollywood used to bill as 'The Man You Love to Hate.' In order to point up the self-opinionated biting sarcasm of Dr Morelle, I gave him as a foil a pretty feather brained secretary, Miss Frayle. And so, Dr Morelle was let loose on millions of unsuspecting listeners, the first fictional character, I think, whom people hated so much they simply had to tune in and listen to him."

ERNEST DUDLEY who is known to millions of crime fiction addicts for his weekly 'Armchair Detective' broadcasts, is also author of the famous Doctor Morelle radio series and stories. Doctor Morelle (accompanied inevitably by his assistant, Miss Frayle) has solved scores of strange mysteries and curious crimes during his bizarre and sensational career, but none more intriguing or sinister than his latest adventure. This is Ernest Dudley's first full-length mystery novel featuring the saturnine and sardonic Doctor and the timorous, fluttering Miss Frayle. As followers of this oddly-assorted couple's investigations of murder and mayhem will expect, the shocks and thrills will be adroitly mingled with plenty of comedy and amusing situations. In Menace for Doctor Morelle Ernest Dudley has written a fast-moving whodunit, rushing the reader along with chills following laughs right up to the smashing surprise climax with the identity of the murderer revealed. Fans of Ernest Dudley and his unique sleuth, Doctor Morelle (not forgetting the inimitable Miss Frayle ) will once again delight in a mystery murder, plus comedy entertainment. "Ernest Dudley's creations appear to be doing not a little to fill the blank caused by the extinction of Conan Doyle's famous medical partners." --Western Mail

This fourth mystery novel in which the noted psychiatrist-detective, Dr. Morelle, and his Secretary, Miss Frayle, set out to probe a murder, begins when beautiful Thelma Grayson called at Dr. Morelle's house in Harley Street, and vividly describes how, the night before, she had deliberately shot the notorious Ray Mercury. Mercury, Thelma tells Dr. Morelle, had been directly responsible for her sister's suicide. The morning newspapers have, however, reported that Mercury shot himself. The question she now asks is: should she give herself up to the police, or should they be left to believe that Mercury, who anyway deserved to die, really had committed suicide? Dr. Morelle's search for the answer leads him through a series of dark adventures in Soho's underworld, and involves him and Miss Frayle with a very odd assortment of characters, before he unravels the mystery sur-rounding Mercury's death and finally traps the murderer.

Ian Laking is pathologically jealous of his beautiful wife, and obsessed with murder. His only hope lies in being treated by Dr. Morelle, the well-known psychiatrist and criminologist. Laking suspects his business associate, Duke Fenton, of being his wife's lover, and is plotting his revenge. Dr. Morelle and his secretary, Miss Frayle, become caught up in the ongoing drama of jealousy and revenge. When the plan fatally recoils upon Laking himself, will Dr. Morelle be able to unmask the murderer? Another spellbinding entry in this long-running British classic crime series!

In a wild, bleak corner of the Kent Coast, a derelict harbour rots beneath the tides. Here the "Doll," a film-struck waif, and her lover, ex-movie star Tod Hafferty, play out their final, tragic, ill-fated, real-life roles. Sudden death strikes the players more than once, ultimately involving a member of the local police force. Then, as Dr. Morelle finds himself enmeshed in a network of sex and murder, Miss Frayle's anticipated quiet weekend results in her being drawn into a climactic twist. Can Dr. Morelle find a way to unmask the real killer? Another startling entry into this long-running British classic crime series!

ERNEST DUDLEY is an English author known to millions of crime fiction addicts for his weekly Armchair Detective radio broadcasts, and also for the Doctor Morelle series of stories (and radio plays) in which the shrewd detective-psychiatrist solved countless mysteries with the aid of his assistant, Miss Frayle. Dudley has revealed that Dr. Morelle has his genesis in a coal cellar in Bristol in 1940, where the author (who already worked for the BBC Variety Department) sat out German air-raids. "The character of Dr. Morelle," Mr Dudley has remarked, "was finally evolved from my memories of the silent film star Erich von Stroheim - who incidentally nearly played the part years later in a film version - and whom Hollywood used to bill as 'The Man You Love to Hate.' In order to point up the self-opinionated biting sarcasm of Dr Morelle, I gave him as a foil a pretty feather brained secretary, Miss Frayle. And so, Dr Morelle was let loose on millions of unsuspecting listeners, the first fictional character, I think, whom people hated so much they simply had to tune in and listen to him."