Dennis Yates Wheatley was an English author. His prolific output of stylish thrillers and occult novels made him one of the world’s best-selling authors in the 1950s and 1960s.
His first book, Three Inquisitive People, was not immediately published; but his first published novel, The Forbidden Territory, was an immediate success when published in 1933, being reprinted seven times in seven weeks.
He wrote adventure stories, with many books in a series of linked works. His plots covered the French Revolution (Roger Brook Series), Satanism (Duc de Richleau), World War II (Gregory Sallust) and espionage (Julian Day).
In the thirties, he conceived a series of whodunit mysteries, presented as case files, with testimonies, letters, pieces of evidence such as hairs or pills. The reader had to go through the evidence to solve the mystery before unsealing the last pages of the file, which gave the answer. Four of these ‘Crime Dossiers’ were published: Murder Off Miami, Who Killed Robert Prentice, The Malinsay Massacre, and Herewith The Clues.
Duke de Richleau Books
| The Forbidden Territory | (1933) |
| The Devil Rides Out | (1934) |
| The Golden Spaniard | (1938) |
| Three Inquisitive People | (1940) |
| Strange Conflict | (1941) |
| Codeword – Golden Fleece | (1946) |
| The Second Seal | (1950) |
| The Prisoner in the Mask | (1957) |
| Vendetta in Spain | (1961) |
| Dangerous Inheritance | (1965) |
| Gateway to Hell | (1972) |
Gregory Sallust Books
| Black August | (1934) |
| Contraband | (1936) |
| The Scarlet Impostor | (1940) |
| Faked Passports | (1940) |
| The Black Baroness | (1940) |
| V for Vengeance | (1942) |
| Come Into My Parlour | (1946) |
| The Island Where Time Stands Still | (1954) |
| Traitors’ Gate | (1958) |
| They Used Dark Forces | (1964) |
| The White Witch of the South Seas | (1968) |
Julian Day Books
| The Quest of Julian Day | (1939) |
| The Sword of Fate | (1941) |
| Bill for the Use of a Body | (1964) |
Roger Brook Books
| The Launching of Roger Brook | (1947) |
| The Shadow of Tyburn Tree | (1948) |
| The Rising Storm | (1949) |
| The Man Who Killed the King | (1951) |
| The Dark Secret of Josephine | (1955) |
| The Rape of Venice | (1959) |
| The Sultan’s Daughter | (1963) |
| The Wanton Princess | (1966) |
| Evil in a Mask | (1969) |
| The Ravishing of Lady Mary Ware | (1971) |
| The Irish Witch | (1973) |
| Desperate Measures | (1974) |
Publication Order of Molly Fountain Books
| To the Devil, A Daughter | (1953) |
| The Satanist | (1960) |
Publication Order of Lost World Books
| They Found Atlantis | (1936) |
| Uncharted Seas | (1938) |
| Man Who Missed the War | (1945) |
Publication Order of Black Magic Books
| The Devil Rides Out | (1934) |
| Strange Conflict | (1941) |
| The Haunting of Toby Jugg | (1948) |
| To the Devil, A Daughter | (1953) |
| The Ka of Gifford Hillary | (1956) |
| The Satanist | (1960) |
| They Used Dark Forces | (1964) |
| Unholy Crusade | (1967) |
| The White Witch of the South Seas | (1968) |
| The Devil and All His Works | (1971) |
| Gateway to Hell | (1972) |
| The Irish Witch | (1973) |
Publication Order of Standalone Novels
| Such Power Is Dangerous | (1933) |
| The Fabulous Valley | (1934) |
| The Eunuch of Stamboul | (1935) |
| Murder Off Miami(With: J.G. Links) | (1936) |
| The Secret War | (1937) |
| Who Killed Robert Prentice?(With: J.G. Links) | (1937) |
| The Malinsay Massacre(With: J.G. Links) | (1938) |
| Sixty Days to Live | (1939) |
| Herewith the Clues(With: J.G. Links) | (1939) |
| Star of Ill-Omen | (1952) |
| Curtain of Fear | (1953) |
| Mayhem in Greece | (1962) |
| Red Eagle | (1964) |
| Old Rowley | (1967) |
| Death in Sunshine | (1968) |
| The Strange Story of Linda Lee | (1972) |
Publication Order of Short Story Collections
| Mediterranean Nights | (1942) |
| Gunmen, Gallants and Ghosts | (1965) |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
| Plot and Counterplot | (1959) |
| Saturdays with Bricks | (1961) |
| Satanism and Witches | (1974) |
| The Time Has Come: The Young Man Said, 1897-1914 | (1977) |
| The Time Has Come: Officer and Temporary Gentleman, 1914-1919 | (1978) |
| The Time Has Come: Drink and Ink, 1919-1977 | (1978) |
| The Deception Planners | (1980) |
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