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== Novels == * '''''[[Your Turn, Mr. Moto]]''''' (aka ''No Hero'' and ''Mr. Moto Takes a Hand'' (British edition)) (1935) β Originally serialized in the ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'' in 1935 under the title ''No Hero''. * '''''[[Thank You, Mr. Moto (novel)|Thank You, Mr. Moto]]''''' (1936) β Originally serialized in the ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'' in 1936. An expatriate American gets involved in intrigue in Peking when he tries to save an American woman from unscrupulous art dealers. Moto tries to save them both from a military takeover of Peking. * '''''Think Fast, Mr. Moto''''' (1937) β Originally serialized in the ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'' in 1936. The heir to an American banking firm is sent to [[Honolulu]] to clear up a family matter involving a gambling house. Moto is also drawn to [[Hawaii]] to stop money being channeled into China to support revolutionaries. * '''''[[Mr. Moto Is So Sorry]]''''' (1938) β Originally serialized in the ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'' in 1938. An American on the run from authorities encounters Moto on a train journey through China. Moto is on his way to a life-or-death showdown with Russian spies and draws the hapless American into the situation when a secret message accidentally falls into the possession of a beautiful woman. * '''''Last Laugh, Mr. Moto''''' (1942) β Originally serialized in ''[[Collier's Weekly]]'' in 1941 under the title ''Mercator Island''. After Pearl Harbor the character of Moto was "interned for the duration" by the author.<ref>{{Cite news|title=GOODBYE, MR. MOTO: Jolin P. Marquand Sends an Old Friend Back to His 'Honorable' Ancestors|author=THEODORE STRAUSS|date=Dec 14, 1941|work=New York Times|page=X7}}</ref> This novel, set in the Caribbean, had already been written prior to Pearl Harbor and was published afterward.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Notes on Books and Authors|date=Jan 9, 1942|work=New York Times|page=19}}</ref> * '''''Right You Are, Mr. Moto''''' (aka ''Stopover: Tokyo'' and ''The Last of Mr. Moto'') (1957) β This Cold War tale, different in several ways from its predecessors, was originally serialized in the ''[[Saturday Evening Post]]'' in 1956 and 1957 under the title ''Rendezvous in Tokyo''. The original book was called ''Stopover: Tokyo'' and subsequent editions were called ''The Last of Mr. Moto'' and finally ''Right You Are, Mr. Moto''.<ref name="csupomona.edu">[http://www.csupomona.edu/~jskoga/moto/ The Mr. Moto Novels of James P. Marquand] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720034226/http://www.csupomona.edu/~jskoga/moto/ |date=2008-07-20 }}</ref> === Anthologies/"omnibus" === * ''Mr. Moto's Three Aces'' (1939) reprints ''Thank You, Mr. Moto''; ''Think Fast, Mr. Moto''; and ''Mr. Moto Is So Sorry''. * ''Thank You, Mr. Moto'' and ''Mr. Moto Is So Sorry'' from ''The Saturday Evening Post'', published by The Curtis Publishing Company, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1977 * ''Mr. Moto: Four Complete Novels'' (1983) reprints ''Your Turn, Mr. Moto''; ''Think Fast, Mr. Moto''; ''Mr. Moto Is So Sorry''; and ''Right You Are, Mr. Moto''.<ref name="csupomona.edu"/>
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