Brett Halliday

Brett Halliday
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Brett Halliday (1904–1977) was the primary pseudonym of American author Davis Dresser. Halliday is best known for creating the Mike Shayne Mysteries. The novels, which follow the exploits of fictional PI Mike Shayne, have inspired several feature films, a radio series, and a television series.

Books By Brett Halliday (73 Books)

The Uncomplaining Corpses
The Private Practice of Michael Shayne
Tickets for Death
Dividend on Death
Michael Shayne's Long Chance
Murder and the Married Virgin
Bodies Are Where You Find Them
Heads You Lose

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The Corpse Came Calling
Murder Wears a Mummer's Mask
Counterfeit Wife
Death Has Three Lives
Murder and the Wanton Bride
A Taste for Violence
Blood on the Stars
Call for Michael Shayne
Fit to Kill
What Really Happened
Shoot the Works
Weep for a Blonde
This Is It, Michael Shayne
The Blonde Cried Murder
Marked for Murder
One Night with Nora
Stranger in Town
Date with a Dead Man
Blood on Biscayne Bay
Framed in Blood
When Dorinda Dances
She Woke to Darkness
Never Kill a Client
The Homicidal Virgin
Target: Mike Shayne
Killers from the Keys
Die Like a Dog
Pay-Off in Blood
Murder by Proxy
Murder in Haste
Murder Takes No Holiday
The Careless Corpse
The Corpse That Never Was
Death Rides the Pecos
Death on Treasure Trail
The Smoking Iron
The Hangmen of Sleepy Valley
The Body Came Back
Guns from Powder Valley
Return of the Rio Kid
Mum's the Word for Murder
The End of the Trail
The Road to Laramie
Lynch-Rope Law
Gun Smoke on the Mesa
Shoot to Kill
Ladies of Chance
Too Friendly, Too Dead
A Redhead for Mike Shayne
The Kissed Corpse
Trail South from Powder Valley
Fight for Powder Valley!
Sheriff on the Spot
Midnight Round-Up
Powder Valley Showdown
Virgin's Holiday
Mike Shayne's 50th Case
Murder on the Mesa
Two-Gun Rio Kid
Mardi Gras Madness
Before I Wake
Rio Kid Justice
Charlie Dell
Death Rides the Night
Dead Man's Diary and A Taste for Cognac

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