These thrillers feature Patrick Dawlish of Scotland Yard. The books take Patrick Dawlish outside London, to America and other places with mysteries that also include his family.

The Patrick Dawlish Series was written under the pseudonym Gordon Ashe between 1939–1975.

• The Speaker (1939)
• Death on Demand (1939)
• Terror by Day (1940)
• Secret Murder (1940)
• ‘Ware Danger (1941)
• Murder Most Foul (1941)
• There Goes Death (1942)
• Death in High Places (1942)
• Death in Flames (1943)
• Two Men Missing (1943)
• Rogues Rampant (1944)
• Death on the Move (1945)
• Invitation to Adventure (1946)
• Here is Danger (1946)
• Give Me Murder (1947)
• Murder Too Late (1947)
• Engagement with Death (1948)
• Dark Mystery (1948)
• A Puzzle in Pearls (1949)
• Kill or Be Killed (1949)
• Murder with Mushrooms (1950)
• The Dark Circle (1951)
• Death in Diamonds (1951)
• Missing or Dead (1951)
• Death in a Hurry (1952)
• Sleepy Death (1953)
• The Long Search (1953) (U.S. title Drop Dead, 1954)
• Death in the Trees (1954)
• Double for Death (1954)
• The Kidnapped Child (1955) (a.p.a. The Snatch)
• Day of Fear (1956)
• Wait for Death (1957)
• Come Home to Death (1958) (U.S. title The Pack of Lies, 1959)
• Elope to Death (1959)
• Don’t Let Him Kill (1960) (U.S. title The Man Who Laughed at Murder, 1960)
• The Crime Haters (1961)
• Rogues’ Ransom (1962)
• Death from Below (1963)
• The Big Call (1964)
• A Promise of Diamonds (1964)
• A Taste of Treasure (1966)
• A Clutch of Coppers (1967)
• A Shadow of Death (1968)
• A Scream Of Murder (1969)
• A Nest of Traitors (1970)
• A Rabble of Rebels (1971)
• A Life for a Death (1972)
• A Herald of Doom (1973)
• A Blast of Trumpets (1974)
• A Plague of Demons (1975)