An author whose life was as interesting as his novels, Peter George was widely travelled and worked for the RAF. Most will know him as the co-screenwriter of Dr Strangelove, directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on an earlier novel by George, Two Hours to Doom (aka Red Alert), but he wrote a number of other excellent novels under his own name and the pen-names Peter Bryant and Bryan Peters. I believe some of his Boardman novels appeared in hardback only, hence the gaps in the cover gallery below. There was a biography in the works as of 2015, but I've not seen any mention of it in recent years, and a planned reissue of all his novels seemingly came to nothing beyond the re-publication of Dr Strangelove.
Come Blonde, Came Murder (TV Boardman, 1952; Harlequin, 1953)
TV Boardman 146, (Mar) 1954, 192pp, 2/-. Cover by Denis McLoughlin
Pattern of Death (TV Boardman, 1954)
X
Cool Murder (TV Boardman, 1958; as by Bryan Peters, Mayflower, 1965)
as by Bryan Peters, Mayflower-Dell 1462, 1965, 191pp.
Two Hours to Doom by Peter Bryant (TV Boardman, 1958; as Red Alert, New York, Ace Books, 1958)
Corgi Books SN1091, 1961, 189pp, 2/6.
Hong Kong to Kill by Bryan Peters (TV Boardman, 1958)
X
The Big H by Bryan Peters (TV Boardman, 1961)
X
The Final Steal (TV Boardman, 1962)
Mayflower-Dell 2523, July 1966, 159pp, 3/6.
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (New York, Bantam Books, 1963; London, Corgi Books, 1963)
Corgi Books SN1453, 1963, 145pp, 2/6. Cover: still from movie
----, 0-55208413-1, Jun 1970, 160pp, 4/-.
Prion 1-85375310-6, Apr 2000, 144pp.
Candy Jar Books 978-099311914-9, Oct 2015, 224pp, £8.99.
Commander-1 (Heinemann, 1965)
Pan Books X524, 1966, 221pp, 3/6.
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