Joseph Gluckstein Links

For a period Wheatley was unconvinced as Links had no background in writing, yet alone game design. Wheatley was by now in demand as a writer, but had no experience in writing detective novels. Worn down by Links' persistence Wheatley approached his publisher, [[Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson]], but they were lukewarm as it would be expensive to produce and was not something they had experience in. In order to keep Wheatley happy, they finally agreed, provided Links and Wheatley would be willing to accept no royalties at all on the first 10,000 copies sold, and one penny per copy after that.<ref name= Maher/> Links and Wheatley agreed to these terms. Links planned the mystery and devised the clues, while Wheatley wrote the text of the included documents. As Wheatley's name was known to the reading public, the dossier was credited to Wheatley, with a “planned by J.G. Links” below in smaller letters.<ref name= Maher/>

For a period Wheatley was unconvinced as Links had no background in writing, yet alone game design. Wheatley was by now in demand as a writer, but had no experience in writing detective novels. Worn down by Links' persistence Wheatley approached his publisher, [[Hutchinson (publisher)|Hutchinson]], but they were lukewarm as it would be expensive to produce and was not something they had experience in. In order to keep Wheatley happy, they finally agreed, provided Links and Wheatley would be willing to accept no royalties at all on the first 10,000 copies sold, and one penny per copy after that.<ref name= Maher/> Links and Wheatley agreed to these terms. Links planned the mystery and devised the clues, while Wheatley wrote the text of the included documents. As Wheatley's name was known to the reading public, the dossier was credited to Wheatley, with a “planned by J.G. Links” below in smaller letters.<ref name= Maher/>

Their first effort ''Murder off Miami'' was published on 23 July 1936 at a price of 3 shillings and 6 pence. Initially bookstall and bookshop managers were largely negative as they were difficult to display and it was felt that they were too innovative for general consumption. To over counter this apprehension Wheatley entertained numerous London bookshop managers which convinced them to take a small number.<ref name= Humphreys >{{cite web |last= Humphreys |first= Richard |title= The Crime Dossiers of Dennis Wheatley and J G Links |publisher= Denniswheatley.info |date= 2002 |url= http://www.denniswheatley.info/crimedossiers.htm |accessdate= April 14, 2019}}</ref>

Their first effort ''Murder off Miami'' was published on 23 July 1936 at a price of 3 shillings and 6 pence. Initially bookstall and bookshop managers were sceptical as they were difficult to display and it was felt that they were too innovative for general consumption. To counter this apprehension Wheatley entertained numerous London bookshop managers, convincing them to take a small number.<ref name= Humphreys >{{cite web |last= Humphreys |first= Richard |title= The Crime Dossiers of Dennis Wheatley and J G Links |publisher= Denniswheatley.info |date= 2002 |url= http://www.denniswheatley.info/crimedossiers.htm |accessdate= April 14, 2019}}</ref>

[[Selfridges]] agreed to take 1,000 copies, provided Wheatley signed each one, which he gladly did.<ref name= Humphreys/> 120,000 copies were sold in six months<ref name= Humphreys/> and it went on to sell over 200,000 copies in Britain in its first year. Queen Mary purchased six copies from [[Hatchards]]. It was translated into several other languages.<ref name= Maher/>

[[Selfridges]] agreed to take 1,000 copies, provided Wheatley signed each one, which he gladly did.<ref name= Humphreys/> 120,000 copies were sold in six months<ref name= Humphreys/> and it went on to sell over 200,000 copies in Britain in its first year. Queen Mary purchased six copies from [[Hatchards]]. It was translated into several other languages.<ref name= Maher/>