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This page lists novels and non-fiction by John Bingham.

Cover images are, where possible, of the first UK edition and a recent paperback or digital edition.

By John Bingham:
- novels
- non-fiction

About John Bingham:
- biographical / critical

My Name Is Michael Sibley

John Bingham

1952

"Michael Sibley and John Prosset shared a history that dated back to their first years at boarding school, and so the news of Prosset's murder came as a great shock to his old friend - especially because Sibley had been staying only the day before at Prosset's country house, where the body was found. When the police arrive to question him in connection with the murder, Sibley finds himself lying about his recent visit, and thus begins to reveal the true nature of a longstanding but volatile friendship, fraught with mutual deception and distrust. As he tells his version of the truth to the police - and to the reader - Sibley makes the first of many fateful mistakes and finds himself not only under suspicion, but a primary suspect in the investigation."

Five Roundabouts to Heaven

John Bingham

1953

Originally published in the US as The Tender Poisoner.

"Philip Bartels, an old friend of Peter Harding's, calls him out of the blue for advice about his marriage, a call that unwittingly sets them both out on a fateful journey, for the shy and respectable Philip - Barty to his friends - has met and fallen in love with the tempestuous Lorna but finds himself unable to leave his dull but loving wife. Peter offers some advice but after he too has met the passionate Lorna he also finds himself in love and begins to manipulate events in order to satisfy his own desires, finally with devastating and fateful results."

The Third Skin

John Bingham

1954

"A novel about the weak & the wicked."

The Paton Street Case

John Bingham

1955

Originally published in the US as Inspector Morgan’s Dilemma.

"When there is a fire at 127 Paton Street, arson is immediately suspected. At first it seems a clear-cut case - until the insurance men find a corpse in the first floor flat. Are the two crimes related? Why are the bespectacled German-Jewish couple who own the premises bristling with defensive hostility? Who had left a cigarette end at the scene of the crime? The list of solutions seems endless; but inevitably the widening ripples begin to point the way back to the cause of it all."

Marion

John Bingham

1957

Also published in the US as Murder Off the Record.

Murder Plan Six

John Bingham

1958

Night’s Black Agent

John Bingham

1961

A Case of Libel

John Bingham

1963

A Fragment of Fear

John Bingham

1965

"James Compton, a young journalist and crime writer, becomes intrigued by and then involved in the mysterious death of an older woman British tourist apparently on holiday near the ruins of Pompeii. On his return to England he becomes further implicated in what he now knows was a murder but his efforts to help the police are sabotaged by unknown forces who discredit him to such an extent that his evidence and his theories are devalued. However, so determined is he to bring the criminals to justice that he endangers not only his own life but that of his fiancee Juliet on the very day of their long awaited wedding."

The Double Agent

John Bingham

1966

I Love, I Kill

John Bingham

1968

Published in the US as Good Old Charlie.

Vulture in the Sun

John Bingham

1971

"Ducane asks one of his agents to stand in for a short while on Cyprus while the resident agent goes on vacation. Naturally problems arise, starting with an airplane explosion, killing a Turkish diplomat. Who is behind it, Greeks, Turks, Arabs, or Israelis?."

God’s Defector

John Bingham

1976

Published in the US as Ministry of Death.

The Marriage Bureau Murders

John Bingham

1977

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Deadly Picnic

John Bingham

1980

Brock

John Bingham

1981

Brock and the Defector

John Bingham

1982

The Hunting Down of Peter Manuel

John Bingham in association with Chief Supt. William Muncie

1973

The Man Who Was George Smiley: The Life of John Bingham

Michael Jago

2014

"Michael Jago's brilliant account of Bingham s life is not just the story of a perfect spy, it is also of a writer whose thrillers transcended the genre, exploring the emotions behind the darkest human behaviour."