Brett Halliday
b. 1904 – d. 1977 · 97 books
Biography
Brett Halliday 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. Dresser also wrote westerns, non-series mysteries, and romances under the names Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field, and Anderson Wayne.
Books by Brett Halliday
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine,
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, July 1959
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine,
Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine, September 1959
Miami Noir
Dead Man's Diary and a Taste for Cognac
Corpse That Never Was
Kissed Corpse
Kissed Corpse
Pay-off in blood
A redhead for Mike Shayne
Bodies Are Where You Find Them
Charlie Dell
Charlie Dell
Death on Treasure Trail
Death on Treasure Trail
Death Rides the Night
Death Rides the Night
Death rides the Pecos
Death rides the Pecos
Ladies of Chance
Ladies of Chance
Lynch-rope law
Road to Laramie
Road to Laramie
Sheriff on the Spot
Sheriff on the Spot
Smoking Iron
Trail South from Powder Valley
Virgin's Holiday
Virgin's Holiday
Ubii stvo--moi biznes
Celem jest Mike
Celem jest Mike
Asesinato Es Mi Negocio
Asesinato Es Mi Negocio
Disparo Mortal
Disparo Mortal
Masz teraz wroga
Masz teraz wroga
Morir Como Un Perro
Morir Como Un Perro
blue murder
Bodies Where Find Them
Bodies Where Find Them
Dig the Spurs Deep
Dig the Spurs Deep
The Man from Robbers Roost
War in the Painted Buttes
War in the Painted Buttes
Guilty As Hell
Powder Valley Getaway
Million Dollar Handle (A Nike Shayne Mystery)
Count Backward to Zero
Six seconds to kill
At the Point of a.38
At the Point of a.38
Boss of the Lazy 9
Boss of the Lazy 9
Last Seen Hitchhiking
Last Seen Hitchhiking
Gun smoke on the mesa
Conto alla rovescia per Mike S
Conto alla rovescia per Mike Shayne
I come to kill you
Fourth Down to Death
Murder Spins the Wheel
Coup de collier pour la mort
Coup de collier pour la mort
Les morts ont la bougeotte
Les morts ont la bougeotte
So lush, so deadly
Blondes Gift aus Paris
Blondes Gift aus Paris
Nice fillies finish last
Michael Shayne's 50th case
Mum's the Word for Murder
Mum's the Word for Murder
Murder takes no holiday
The violent world of Michael Shayne
Body Came Back
Michael Shayne's long chance
Mike Shayne takes a hand
Dolls Are Deadly
Killers from the Keys
The Private Practice of Michael Shayne
Too Friendly, Too Dead
Best Detective Stories of the Year 17
Blood on the Stars
Best Detective Stories Of The
Best Detective Stories Of The Year 16th Annual Collection
Coyote Gulch
Coyote Gulch
Law Man of Powder Valley
Law Man of Powder Valley
Mike Shayne's torrid 12
Torrid Twelve
Dividend on Death
Weep for a blonde
The blonde cried murder
The blonde cried murder; And death came too; The strange bedfellow
Violence is Golden
The Corpse Came Calling
She woke to darkness
One night with Nora
Framed in blood
When Dorinda Dances
You Killed Elizabeth
You Killed Elizabeth
A Lonely Way to Die
Blood on Biscayne Bay
Dead Man's Diary and Dinner at Dupre's
A taste for violence
Outlaws Three
Fight for Powder Valley
Fight for Powder Valley
Michael Shayne's Triple Mystery
Murder Is My Business / Crime wind / Whatever goes up
Murder and the married virgin
Murderer Wears a Mummer's Mask
Blood on the Black Market
Mike Shayne Investigates
Rio Kid justice
Rio Kid justice
Two-gun Rio kid
Return of the Rio Kid
The hangman of Sleepy Valley
The hangman of Sleepy Valley
Green path to the moon
Green path to the moon
Too smart for love
Too smart for love
o tele utia krayge
o tele utia krayge