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Brett Halliday (July 31, 1904 – February 4, 1977) is the primary pen name of Davis Dresser, an American mystery and western writer. Halliday is best known for the long-lived series of Michael Shayne mysteries he wrote, and later commissioned others to continue.
Davis, an adopted child, was born in Chicago in 1916 [1] and raised in Illinois by Margaret (née Greer) and Alfred J. Salisbury. [2] She worked in Chicago in advertising as a research librarian and as an editor of The Merchandiser, prior to taking up fiction writing. [3]
Dr. Fell, Detective, and Other Stories, is a mystery short story collection written by John Dickson Carr and first published in the US by Lawrence E. Spivak (The American Mercury) in 1947. Most of the stories feature his series detective Gideon Fell .
Montesi's murder remains unsolved, and the cause of death remains unknown. [12] Murdered 2 days 1953 Kyllikki Saari: 17 Finland Kyllikki Saari, a girl from Finland, was last seen alive on May 17, 1953, cycling home from a prayer meeting. Kyllikki's bicycle was recovered in a marsh that summer and her remains were found on October 11, 1953, in a ...
Carr worked extensively for BBC Radio during World War II, writing both mystery stories and propaganda scripts. During the late 1940s he hosted Murder by Experts transmitted by Mutual radio. He introduced works by other mystery writers who were the week's guest writers. The show originated from Mutual's main station WOR in New York City. Many ...
The Anatomy of a Murder (1936) (US title The Anatomy of Murder (New York, Macmillan, 1937) True crime essays; Detection Medley (1939; US title, Line-Up, 1940; short stories, some original, some reprints; edited by John Rhode)
In 2006, the magazine celebrated its 50th anniversary with the publication of the anthology Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Presents Fifty Years of Crime and Suspense. In 2007, AHMM joined with The Wolfe Pack , a society founded in 1978 to celebrate the Nero Wolfe stories of Rex Stout , to sponsor the Black Orchid Novella Contest for ...
"Mean Girls" in This Job Is Murder: Chesapeake Crimes 5, (May 2012) "Normal" in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, May 2011 "The Plan" in Chesapeake Crimes 4: They Had It Comin' (2010) "Spellbound" in Unusual Suspects, Dana Stabenow, editor (2008) "The Haire of the Beast" in Wolfsbane and Mistletoe, edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L.P. Kelner ...