A companion to the five Richard Manston/Rex Carver books of Victor Canning, including a biography of Canning, two background essays, and a comprehensive index of characters, locations and themes.

John Higgins taught EFL in many countries before becoming a pioneer of computer-assisted language learning at Bristol and Stirling universities. He published three books on CALL and programs such as ECLIPSE, SEQUITUR and VERBALIST. In retirement he has revived interest in the novelist Victor Canning.