The Trials of Hank Janson

Book:	The Trials of Hank Janson
Author:	Steve Holland
Honors:	2004 Dagger-Nonfiction shortlist Score: 6.54
Genres:	Nonfiction books Biography books Mystery/Suspense books
Publisher:	Telos Publishing Ltd

In January 1954 twelve jurors sat at the Old Bailey to hear charges of obscenity against seven crime novels written by the immensely popular Hank Janson, whose sexy thrillers had sold five million copies in only six years. Hank’s publisher and distributor were found guilty and imprisoned and an arrest warrant put out for the author.

The Trials of Hank Janson presents a full biography of that author—in reality, a man named Stephen D. Frances—from his early life, through the highs and lows he experienced with the Janson novels, to his eventual decline and death in Spain, cut off from the character he had created.

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