book The Big Pick-Up was one of the stories on which the 1958 film Dunkirk was based. Trevor also wrote radio plays for the BBC. Reception Some of the critical acclaim for the Quiller series: "Tense, intelligent, harsh, surprising" (The New York Times)..."A model of breathless entertainment" (The New Yorker)..."Stunningly well done, tense, elliptical, without a misplaced word" (The New Republic)..."You can't go wrong with Quiller" (Harper's). Works Novels As by Elleston Trevor The Immortal Error (1946) Chorus of Echoes (1950) Redfern's Miracle (1951) Tiger Street (1951) A Blaze of Roses (1952); published in the UK as The Fire-Raiser (1970) The Passion and the Pity (1953) The Big Pick-Up (1955) Squadron Airborne (1955) The Killing Ground (1956) Gale Force (1956) The Pillars of Midnight (1957); reissued in the UK as 80,000 Suspects Dream of Death (1958) Runaway Man (1958) Silhouette (1959) The V.I.P. (1959) The Billboard Madonna (1960) The Mind of Max Duvine (1960) The Burning Shore (1961); published in the US as The Pasang Run (1962) The Flight of the Phoenix (1964) The Second Chance (1965) Weave a Rope of Sand (1965) The Shoot (1966) The Freebooters (1967) A Place for the Wicked (1968) Bury Him Among Kings (1970) The Paragon (1975) published in the US as Night Stop The Theta Syndrome (1977) Blue Jay Summer (1977) Seven Witnesses (1977) The Damocles Sword (1981) The Penthouse (1983) Deathwatch (1984) The Sister (1994) Flycatcher (1994) Welcome to South Park (1995) As by Adam Hall The Volcanoes of San Domingo (1963) Quiller series: The Berlin Memorandum (1965); republished as The Quiller Memorandum The 9th Directive (1966) The Striker Portfolio (1968) The Warsaw Document (1971) The Tango Briefing (1973) The Mandarin Cypher (1975) The Kobra Manifesto (1976) The Sinkiang Executive (1978) The Scorpion Signal (1979) The Pekin Target (1981); published in the U.S. as The Peking Target (1982) Northlight (1985); published in the U.S. as Quiller Quiller's Run (1988) Quiller KGB (1989) Quiller Barracuda (1990) Quiller Bamboo (1991) Quiller Solitaire (1992) Quiller Meridian (1993) Quiller Salamander (1994) Quiller Balalaika (1996) The Sibling (1979), published in the U.K. as by Elleston Trevor (1981); later reissued in the U.S. as by Elleston Trevor As by Mansell Black Dead on Course (1951) Sinister Cargo (1951) Shadow of Evil (1953) Steps in the Dark (1954) As by Trevor Dudley-Smith Over the Wall (1943) Double Who Double Crossed (1944) Escape to Fear (1948) Now Try the Morgue