Male : Novelist. Creator of Mike Shayne. A childhood accident meant he had to wear an eye patch for the the rest of his life. Enlisted in the US Cavalry aged 14 ! In 1953 he founded the Torquil Publishing Co with his first wife (they married 1946 & divorced 1961). Then married Helen McCloy, Kathleen Rollins, and finally Mary Savage

Nationality : American Place of Birth : Chicago, Illinois

Date of Birth : 1904 Date of Death : 1977 Age : 73

Pseudonyms : Real Name = Davis Dresser. Other psueds he used : Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Anderson Wayne, Kathryn Culver, Hal Debrett

Education : Tri-State College, Angola, Indiana

Mike Shayne Novels
US editions by Henry Holt & UK by Jarrolds
1939-1941
Dividend on Death (1939) (1941)
The Private Practice of Michael Shayne (1940) (1941)
The Uncomplaining Corpse (1940) ((1942)
Tickets for Death (1940) (1942)
Bodies are Where You Find Them (1941) (in UK IN "Michael Shayne Investigates")
Michael Shayne Takes Over (1941) - Omnibus edition
US editions by Dodd Mead
1942-1945
The Corpse Came Calling (1942) (in UK IN "Michael Shayne Investigates")
(This was reprinted as "The Case of the Walking Corpse" 1942 Quin pb, US)
Murder Wears a Mummer's Mask (1943)
(This was reprinted as "In Deadly Vein" 1956 Dell pb)
Blood on the Black Market (1943)
(This was reprinted as "Heads You Lose" 1958 dell pb)
Michael Shayne Investigates (1943 Jarrolds) - Omnibus edition
Michael Shayne Takes a Hand (1944 Jarrolds) - Omnibus edition
Michael Shayne's Long Chance (1944) (1945 Jarrolds from here on)
Murder and the Married Virgin (1944) (1946)
Murder is My Business (1945) (1945)
Marked for Murder (1945)
Dead Man's Diary & Dinner at Dupre's (1945 Dell pb)

1946-1950
Blood on Biscayne Bay (1946 Ziff Davis) (1950)
Counterfeit Wife (1947 Ziff Davis) (1950)
Blood on the Stars (1948) (1951 as "Murder is a Habit")
Michael Shayne's Triple Mystery (1948 Ziff David) - Omnibus edition
A Taste for Violence (1949) (1952)
Call for Michael Shayne (1949) (1951)
This is It, Michael Shayne (1950) (1952)

1951-1955
Framed in Blood (1951) (1953)
When Dorinda Dances (1951) (1953)
A Taste for Cognac (1951 Dell pb)
What Really Happened (1952) (1953)
One Night with Nora (1953 Torquil) (1954 as "The Lady Came by Night")
She Woke to Darkness (1954 Torquil) (1955)
Death Has Three Lives (1955 Torquil) (1955)
Dangerous Dames (1955 Dell pb, US) - ss

1956-1960
Stranger in Town (1956 Torquil) (1956)
The Blonde Cried Murder (1956 Torquil) (1957)
Weep for a Blonde (1957 Torquil) (1958 John Long)
Shoot the Works (1957 Torquil) (1958 John Long)
Murder and the Wanton Bride (1958 Torquil) (1959 John Long)
Fit to Kill (1958)
Date with a Dead Man (1959)
Target : Mike Shayne (1959)
Die Like a Dog (1959)
Murder Takes No Holiday (1960)
Dolls are Deadly (1960)
The Homicidal Virgin (1960)
You Killed Elizabeth (1960 Hillman pb, US) - title story by Halliday

1961-1965
Killer from the Keys (1961)
Murder in Haste (1961)
The Careless Corpse (1961)
Pay-Off in Blood (1962)
Murder by Proxy (1962)
Never Kill a Client (1962)
Mike Shayne, Private Eye (1962 Dell, US) - 3 issues of comic book
Too Friendly, Too Dead (1963)
The Corpse that Never Was (1963)
The Body Came Back (1963)
A Redhead for Mike Shayne (1963)
Shoot to Kill (1964)
Michael Shayne's Fiftieth Case (1964)
The Violent World of Michael Shayne (1965)

1966-1970
Nice Fillies Finish Last (1966)
Murder Spins the Wheel (1966)
Armed .. Dangerous .. (1966)
Mermaid on the Rocks (1967)
Guilty as Hell (1967)
So Lush, So Deadly (1968)
Violence is Golden (1968)
Lady be Bad (1969)
Six Seconds to Kill (1970)
Fourth Down to Death (1970)

After 1971
Count Backwards to Zero (1971)
I Come to Kill You (1971)
Caught Dead (1972)
Kill all the Young Girls (1973)
Blue Murder (1973)
Last Seen Hitchiking (1974)
At the Point of a .38 (1974)

READING
Jim Harmon : The Great Radio Heroes (1967 Doubleday)
William K Everson : The Detective in Film (1972 Citadel Press US)
David Gherin : The American private Eye - The Image in Fiction (1985 Frederick Ungar, US)
Ron Goulart : The Dime Detectives (1988 Mysterious Press)