Geoffrey Household

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  • Bibliography:
    34 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1976
  • Latest Book:
    May 2015
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Book List in Order: 34 titles

  • Escape into Daylight

    Two children held captive in a remote, abandoned abbey must escape . . . or die At first, Mike believes he must be dreaming when he opens his eyes to total darkness. But before long, the awful truth becomes apparent: He is being held captive somew...

  • Rogue Male

    1930-something: a professional hunter is passing through an unnamed Central European country that is in the thrall of a vicious dictator. The hunter wonders whether he can penetrate undetected into the dictator’s private compound. He does. He h...

  • Red Anger

    Accused of treason, a former British security operative and his ally must run for their lives across a vast and wild English landscape According to British intelligence, Alwyn Rory is a traitor to his country. They say the exâ€"security officer acce...

  • Watcher in the Shadows

    After an assassination attempt, an ex-spy must run for his life As far as the police are concerned, Charles Dennim is a zoologist, and there is no reason anyone would want to kill him. And yet, one afternoon when Dennim is working at his desk, death ...

  • Hostage: London: Diary of Julian Despard

    A terrorist with a conscience turns against his radical cadre in a desperate attempt to prevent a nuclear nightmare Julian Despard has devoted his life to the New Revolution. As cell leader for the notorious international terrorist organization Magma...

  • Dance of the Dwarfs

    A tale of superstition, science, and horror in the Amazon -- an “absolutely splendid spellbinder” by the author of Rogue Male (Kirkus Reviews, starred review). A dedicated agricultural scientist, Dr. Owen Dawnay has set up a lonely post on the ou...

  • The Last Two Weeks of Georges Rivac

    In this riveting thriller that recalls Alfred Hitchcock in his prime, an innocent European businessman is inadvertently caught up in a murderous web of international intrigue and forced to run, hide, or die in the English countryside A man of conside...

  • The Sending

    In this remarkable thriller, a British estate owner with psychic powers senses he’s being hunted on his own land by a bloodthirsty beast Alfgif Hollaston, a cultured English gentleman and painter, has returned to his childhood home in remote Somer...

  • Summon the Bright Water

    On a walk in the woods, a historian is drawn into a conspiracy of murder Piers Colet is about to fly to Spain when his plane’s engine catches fire. His research trip delayed, he decides to spend the week exploring the banks of the Severn, the ancie...



  • Rogue Justice

    After years on the run, an assassin seeks vengeance against the Nazis It’s been four years since Raymond Ingelram failed to kill Hitler. All it took was a slight change in wind to force his bullet wide and put the entire German secret service on hi...

  • Face to the Sun

    The discovery of a valuable Central American artifact sends a desperate thief racing halfway around the globe and into a world of violence, mystery, and deadly chaos The world has not been kind to Edmond Hawkins. Having recently fled an African natio...

  • Hostage: London

    A superbly tense classic thriller from the bestselling author of ROGUE MALE. What happens when a terrorist decides to pull out? Julian Despard is a cell-leader in the ruthless international revolutionary organisation MAGMA. As one of MAGMA's leadi...

  • Doom's Caravan

    The disappearance of a British intelligence agent at the height of World War II sparks a desperate manhunt through the treacherous shadows of a battle-scarred Middle East Oliver Enwin was a valuable member of the British intelligence community in the...

  • Fellow Passenger

    An international scoundrel recalls his life of intrigue and adventure in a witty and exciting nonstop thriller Held prisoner in Britain's fabled Tower of London, Claudio Howard-Wolferstan revels in his well-earned notoriety and reflects on the ev...

  • The Salvation of Pisco Gabar and Other Stories

    Twelve evocative and unforgettable tales of adventure, self-discovery, and flawed humanity by one of the twentieth century’s most able storytellers The literary career of the remarkable Geoffrey Household spanned more than half a century, from the ...

  • The Third Hour

    A reckless Spanish adventurer and a British workingman join forces in a dangerous hunt for hidden treasure By the age of twenty-seven, Manuel Vargas has already lived more than most men. A restless adventurer and world traveler, he has journeyed far ...

  • Arabesque

    In war-torn Lebanon, a beautiful French woman fights a war of spy versus spy There is no privacy in Beirut. In the hotel lobbies and high-class bars of this beautiful Eastern capital, intelligencers of every stripe hide in plain sight: British spies ...

  • Arrows of Desire

    Far in the future, a group of dissidents fight to rebuild Britain... It has been seven hundred years since the United Kingdom was destroyed. In the aftermath of a global cataclysm, the peoples of Europe banded together under a single flag, but the ...

  • The Brides of Solomon: and Other Stories

    Stories of intrigue and adventure at the edge of civilization It has been nine years since Solomon Carver went up the Amazon. He left an anthropologist, but he has remade himself as a god. Rumors float down the river that Carver has taken two hundred...



  • The Courtesy of Death

    A retired engineer in rural Britain finds himself caught up in the murderous machinations of an ancient pagan blood cult A former British mining engineer, Yarrow is hoping to start over in the English countryside as the owner and operator of a small ...

  • The High Place

    In love with a radical leader, an expatriate must decide whether to put the world before his heart Thirty miles from the Mediterranean coast, in the lush Syrian heartland, there is a compound known as Kasr-el-Sittat -- the Fortress of Holy Women. Bui...

  • The Lives and Times of Bernardo Brown

    With a stroll on the beach, a young man's lifetime of adventure begins Bernardo Brown is walking along the Spanish seashore when he hears the bullets fly, and he takes shelter in the water, where he escapes the firefight in a stolen dinghy. After a t...

  • Olura

    An English university professor on holiday in Spain is drawn into a web of intrigue and murder surrounding an intoxicating woman of mystery Dr. Philip Ardower is fascinated by the stunning beauty in a red cape he encounters on a beach in Spain outsi...

  • Prisoner of the Indies

    A young English boy stranded on the far side of the ocean must survive Indians and enemies in the perilous New World Miles Philips is but a lad of thirteen when he sets sail aboard the Jesus of Lubeck from Plymouth on the second day of October, 1567....

  • A Rough Shoot

    The accidental killing of a poacher on an exâ€"British Army officer’s land embroils him in an insidious international conspiracy Roger Taine purchased the shooting rights on 450 acres of Dorset farmland in order to commune with nature and secure fr...

  • Thing to Love

    As the republic of Guayanas teeters on the brink of civil war, the revolution depends on one man When Miro Kucera arrived in Guayanas, the glorious army of the republic was little more than an expensively costumed joke. Born in Czechoslovakia, Kucera...

  • The Three Sentinels

    For control of a South American oil field, two men go to war On the spine of the Andes Mountains, three monuments have been built to honor the god known as oil. These towering derricks, known to the Company as the three sentinels, will change a few l...

  • A Time to Kill

    The seemingly innocuous mission of a part-time British spy and devoted family man soon places the lives of his loved ones in dire jeopardy Family man, estate agent, and exâ€"army infantryman Roger Taine has already served crown and country exceeding...

  • Capricorn and Cancer

    Stories, both comic and tragic, of the extremes to which men will go to get what they want At the height of World War II, a Spaniard fighting for Britain shoots a sergeant dead and resolves to face execution like a good soldier. On his first visit to...



  • Days of Your Fathers

    A collection of poignant stories of men and women who yearn for home An Englishman adrift in New York, Harry Breown dreams of London’s tube, its gardens, and its sleepy little pubs. In America, he has been forced to settle for a domineering wife an...

  • The Exploits of Xenophon

    Thousands of miles from home, one soldier leads an army to safety The war with Sparta is over, and Athens is at peace for the first time in thirty years. Their Greek enemies subdued, the generals of Athens turn their eyes to the East, where the Persi...

  • The Spanish Cave

    A twelve year-old boy finds terror and adventure inside a Spanish cave When his parents died, Dick stepped aboard a ship on the Thames and left England behind forever. He made his way to Spain, where he found work as a fisherman. Life at sea is diffi...

  • Tales of Adventurers

    Thirteen stories of daring and romance from a master storyteller Devenor has not had a good meal in five years. He dreams of Bucharest and the years between the wars, when he grew rich on Romanian oil, and fat on Romanian cooking. Of all the delicaci...

  • The Europe That Was

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    Tales of Europe, before and after the war, when lives could change in an instant Fleeing the Cuban revolution, a businessman’s return to England is blocked by the secret police of General Franco. In Hungary, a peasant treasures a barrel of wine as ...

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Geoffrey Household has published 34 books.

Geoffrey Household does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Capricorn and Cancer, was published in May 2015.

The first book by Geoffrey Household, Escape into Daylight, was published in January 1976.

No. Geoffrey Household does not write books in series.
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