Re: RARA-AVIS: Brett Halliday pseudonyms

From: GN ( piesbook@execpc.com)
Date: 30 Sep 2000


> Is there a list somewhere of all the Halliday books
> with the actual authors? I've long wanted to know this
> sort of information.

This is what I have in my bibliography. If someone has corrections or additions, I sure would appreciate them.

AUTHOR: Halliday, Brett JOINT AUTHOR: PSEUDONYM OF: Dresser, Davis House name after #30 P. I.: Shayne, Michael

TITLE: Dividend on death NUMBER: 1 COPYRIGHT: 1939

TITLE: The private practice of Michael Shayne NUMBER: 2 COPYRIGHT: 1940

TITLE: The uncomplaining corpse NUMBER: 3 COPYRIGHT: 1940

TITLE: Tickets for death NUMBER: 4 COPYRIGHT: 1941

TITLE: Bodies are where you find them NUMBER: 5 COPYRIGHT: 1941

TITLE: The corpse came calling NUMBER: 6 ADDITIONAL TITLES: The case of the walking corpse COPYRIGHT: 1942

TITLE: Murder wears a mummer's mask NUMBER: 7 ADDITIONAL TITLES: In deadly vein COPYRIGHT: 1943

TITLE: Blood on the black market NUMBER: 8 ADDITIONAL TITLES: Heads you lose COPYRIGHT: 1943

TITLE: Michael Shayne's long chance NUMBER: 9 COPYRIGHT: 1944

TITLE: Murder and the married virgin NUMBER: 10 COPYRIGHT: 1944

TITLE: Murder is my business NUMBER: 11 COPYRIGHT: 1945

TITLE: Marked for murder NUMBER: 12 COPYRIGHT: 1945

TITLE: Blood on Biscayne Bay NUMBER: 13 COPYRIGHT: 1946

TITLE: Counterfeit wife NUMBER: 14 COPYRIGHT: 1947

TITLE: Blood on the stars NUMBER: 15 ADDITIONAL TITLES: Murder is a habit COPYRIGHT: 1948

TITLE: Michael Shayne's triple mystery NUMBER: 16 ADDITIONAL TITLES: Dead man's diary and Dinner at Dupre's Dead man's diary and A taste for cognac A taste for cognac COPYRIGHT: 1945 MISC: All three novelettes appear in TRIPLE; otherwise the Dell reprints both have DEAD and a different companion story. TRIPLE was not published until 1948 and it is listed here first. TASTE appeared as Dell 10c pb #15.

TITLE: A taste for violence NUMBER: 17 COPYRIGHT: 1949 LOCATIONS: Kentucky, Centerville

TITLE: Call for Michael Shayne NUMBER: 18 COPYRIGHT: 1949 LOCATIONS: Florida, Key West Florida, Miami

TITLE: This is it, Michael Shayne NUMBER: 19 COPYRIGHT: 1950 LOCATIONS: Florida, Miami

TITLE: Framed in blood NUMBER: 20 COPYRIGHT: 1951 LOCATIONS: Florida, Miami

TITLE: What really happened NUMBER: 21 COPYRIGHT: 1952 LOCATIONS: Florida, Miami

TITLE: When Dorinda dances NUMBER: 22 COPYRIGHT: 1951 LOCATIONS: Florida, Miami

TITLE: One night with Nora NUMBER: 23 ADDITIONAL TITLES: The lady came by night COPYRIGHT: 1953

TITLE: She woke to darkness NUMBER: 24 COPYRIGHT: 1954

TITLE: Death has three lives NUMBER: 25 COPYRIGHT: 1955

TITLE: Stranger in town NUMBER: 26 COPYRIGHT: 1955 LOCATIONS: Florida, Brockton Florida, Miami

TITLE: The blonde cried murder NUMBER: 27 COPYRIGHT: 1956 LOCATIONS: Florida, Miami

TITLE: Weep for a blonde NUMBER: 28 COPYRIGHT: 1957

TITLE: Shoot the works NUMBER: 29 COPYRIGHT: 1957

TITLE: Murder and the wanton bride NUMBER: 30 COPYRIGHT: 1958 MISC: This is Davis Dresser's last book. From this point on, the series was continued by a series of writers under his pseudonym.

TITLE: Fit to kill NUMBER: 31 COPYRIGHT: 1958 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Date with a dead man NUMBER: 32 COPYRIGHT: 1959 MISC: By house author; an expansion of the novelette DEAD MAN'S DIARY

TITLE: Target: Mike Shayne NUMBER: 33 COPYRIGHT: 1959 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Die like a dog NUMBER: 34 COPYRIGHT: 1959 MISC: By house author

TITLE: Murder takes no holiday NUMBER: 35 COPYRIGHT: 1960 MISC: By house author.

TITLE: Dolls are deadly NUMBER: 36 COPYRIGHT: 1960 MISC: By Ryerson Johnson

TITLE: The homicidal virgin NUMBER: 37 COPYRIGHT: 1960 MISC: By house author.

TITLE: Killers from the Keys NUMBER: 38 COPYRIGHT: 1961 MISC: By Ryerson Johnson

TITLE: Murder in haste NUMBER: 39 COPYRIGHT: 1961 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: The careless corpse NUMBER: 40 COPYRIGHT: 1961 MISC: By house author.

TITLE: Pay-off in blood NUMBER: 41 COPYRIGHT: 1962 MISC: By house author.

TITLE: Murder by proxy NUMBER: 42 COPYRIGHT: 1962 MISC: By house author.

TITLE: Never kill a client NUMBER: 43 COPYRIGHT: 1962 MISC: By house author.

TITLE: Too friendly, too dead NUMBER: 44 COPYRIGHT: 1963 MISC: By Dennis Lynds (also writes as William Arden, Michael Collins, John Crowe, Carl Dekker, Mark Sadler)

TITLE: The corpse that never was NUMBER: 45 COPYRIGHT: 1963 MISC: By house author.

TITLE: The body came back NUMBER: 46 COPYRIGHT: 1963 MISC:By house author.

TITLE: A redhead for Mike Shayne NUMBER: 47 COPYRIGHT: 1964 MISC:By house author.

TITLE: Shoot to kill NUMBER: 48 COPYRIGHT: 1964 MISC:By house author.

TITLE: Michael Shayne's 50th case NUMBER: 49 COPYRIGHT: 1964 MISC: By house author. Publisher counts MICHAEL SHAYNE'S TORRID TWELVE as 49, but it is not counted here because the collection only contains one short story by Halliday.

TITLE: The violent world of Michael Shayne NUMBER: 50 COPYRIGHT: 1965 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Nice fillies finish last NUMBER: 51 COPYRIGHT: 1965 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Murder spins the wheel NUMBER: 52 COPYRIGHT: 1966 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Armed...dangerous... NUMBER: 53 COPYRIGHT: 1966 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Mermaid on the rocks NUMBER: 54 COPYRIGHT: 1967 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Guilty as hell NUMBER: 55 COPYRIGHT: 1967 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: So lush, so deadly NUMBER: 56 COPYRIGHT: 1968 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Violence is golden NUMBER: 57 COPYRIGHT: 1968 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Lady be bad NUMBER: 58 COPYRIGHT: 1969 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Six seconds to kill NUMBER: 59 COPYRIGHT: 1970 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Fourth down to death NUMBER: 60 COPYRIGHT: 1970 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Count backwards to zero NUMBER: 61 COPYRIGHT: 1971 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: I come to kill you NUMBER: 62 COPYRIGHT: 1971 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Caught dead NUMBER: 63 COPYRIGHT: 1972 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Kill all the young girls NUMBER: 64 COPYRIGHT: 1973 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Blue murder NUMBER: 65 COPYRIGHT: 1973 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Last seen hitchhiking NUMBER: 66 COPYRIGHT: 1974 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: At the point of a .38 NUMBER: 67 COPYRIGHT: 1974 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Million dollar handle NUMBER: 68 COPYRIGHT: 1976 MISC: By Robert Terrall

TITLE: Win some, lose some NUMBER: 69 COPYRIGHT: 1976 MISC: By house author.

Best, GWN Gary Warren Niebuhr P. I. E. S. (Private Investigator Entertainment Service) P. O. Box 341218 Milwaukee, WI 53234 piesbook@execpc.com http://www.execpc.com/~piesbook/piescatalog.html

----- Original Message ----- From: Doug Bassett < dj_bassett@yahoo.com> To: < rara-avis@icomm.ca> Sent: Friday, September 29, 2000 4:24 PM Subject: Re: RARA-AVIS: Brett Halliday pseudonyms

>
> I admire your work and enjoy your postings, Mr.
> Reasoner. Nice to hear from you again.
>
> doug
> --- James Reasoner < james53@flash.net> wrote:
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Juri Nummelin" < jurnum@utu.fi>
> > To: < rara-avis@icomm.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2000 3:36 PM
> > Subject: RARA-AVIS: Brett Halliday pseudonyms
> >
> >
> > > I can't find this information anywhere else: who
> > has written
> > > the following Brett Halliday books?
> > >
> > > The Careless Corpse (1961)
> > > Pay-Off in Blood (1962)
> > > Too Friendly, Too Deadly (1963)
> > > The Corpse That Never Was (1963)
> >
> > I've been lurking again for a while, but I have to
> > respond to this one. I
>
> =====
> Doug Bassett
> dj_bassett@yahoo.com
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