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John Franklin Bardin Books

    November 30, 1916 – July 9, 1981

    John Franklin Bardin was an American author whose works, particularly his crime novels, have achieved cult status. His writing is characterized by a dark atmosphere and psychological depth. Bardin often explored the complex motivations of his characters and their encounters with the darker aspects of human nature. His later works were discovered by British readers, leading to renewed interest in the 1970s.

    Das Teufelsrad
    Le diable prend la mouche
    Geständnis auf Raten
    Requiem per Philip Banter
    The John Franklin Bardin Omnibus
    The Deadly Percheron

    • The Deadly Percheron

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      Who stole George Matthews' life? 'Doctor, I think I'm losing my mind...'. When a wealthy young man turns up at respected psychiatrist Dr George Matthews' office uttering these words, it changes his safe existence forever. Suddenly Matthews finds himself dragged into a strange, surreal world where nothing is certain. And when an actress is found murdered, a horse tied up outside her apartment, Matthews loses his memory - and must find it in a nightmarish urban jungle of mistaken identities, secrets and insanity.

      The Deadly Percheron

    • The John Franklin Bardin Omnibus

      Between 1946 and 1948 John Franklin Bardin produced three quite extraordinary novels, all distinguished by a hallucinatory intensity of feeling and an absorption in morbid psychology remarkable for the period. The Deadly Percheron, The Last of Philip Banter and Devil Take the Blue-Tail Fly are unlike anything else in modern crime literature.For the first time all three have been gathered together in a single volume, and at long last reintroduce the work of a great and original writer.

      The John Franklin Bardin Omnibus