fourth place. He could not seem to shed his affection for the Liberal party however, congratulating Birmingham Ladywood by-election victor Wallace Lawler in July 1969 and attending the 1969 party assembly albeit to promote All Party Alliance aims. In 1972 he relaunched the All Party Alliance as Evolution to Democracy (Evo). Evo merged with Colin Campion's "The Organisation", a Yorkshire-based party which advocated coalition governments based on the proportion of votes cast for each party, to form the "Independent Democratic Alliance", which soon faded after Creasey's death, and its poor performance in the February 1974 general election. John Creasey features in the Look At Life film I Protest! where he is seen collecting signatures for a petition to lobby the government to take action against the number of deaths due to road accidents. Honours He was awarded the Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services in the United Kingdom's National Savings Movement during World War II. Bibliography The Commander George Gideon series (published under the pseudonym "J. J. Marric," 1955–1976) Gideon's Day (1955) a.p.a. Gideon of Scotland Yard Gideon's Week (1956) a.p.a. 7 Days to Death Gideon's Night (1957) Gideon's Month (1958) Gideon's Staff (1959) Gideon's Risk (1960) Gideon's Fire (1961) Gideon's March (1962) Gideon's Ride (1963) Gideon's Vote (1964) Gideon's Lot (1965) Gideon's Badge (1966) Gideon's Wrath (1967) Gideon's River (1968) Gideon's Power (1969) Gideon's Sport (1970) Gideon's Art (1971) Gideon's Men (1972) Gideon's Press (1973) Gideon's Fog (1975) Gideon's Drive (1976) The series was continued after Creasey's death by William Vivian Butler ("as J.J. Marric"): Gideon's Force (1978) Gideon's Law (1981) Gideon's Way (1983) Gideon's Raid (1986) Gideon's Fear (1990) Dr. Palfrey (Z5) series, writing as John Creasey (1942–1979) Traitor's Doom (November 1942) The Valley of Fear (May 1943) a.p.a. The Perilous Country The Legion of the Lost (November 1943) Dangerous Quest (1944) Death in the Rising Sun (1945) The Hounds of Vengeance (1945) Shadow of Doom (1946) The House of the Bears (1946) Dark Harvest (1947) The Wings of Peace (1948) The Sons of Satan (1948) The Dawn of Darkness (1949) The League of Light (1949) The Man Who Shook the World (1950) The Prophet of Fire (1951) The Children of Hate (1952) a.p.a. The Killers of Innocence The Touch of Death (1954) The Mists of Fear (1955) The Flood (1956) The Plague of Silence (1958) The Drought (1959) a.p.a. Dry Spell The