Pseudoniem? "TCH Jacobs, whose first names are sometimes given as 'Thomas Curtis Hicks', was a pseudonym for Jacques Pendower (1899-1976), a prolific British writer who also wrote thrillers under his own name, westerns as Penn Dower and Tom Curtis, and romances as Kathleen Carstairs, Marilyn Pender and Anne Penn. He also wrote several books on famous homicide cases."