Brett Halliday è uno pseudonimo utilizzato dall'autore americano Davis Dresser, noto per i suoi lavori in vari generi, tra cui mistero, western e romance. È maggiormente conosciuto per la creazione della popolare serie di detective Mike Shayne, che ha ottenuto un vasto riconoscimento ed è stata adattata in vari formati come radio, televisione e film. La prolifica carriera di scrittore di Dresser ha superato la serie di Mike Shayne, poiché ha anche scritto misteri al di fuori della serie, western e romance sotto diversi nomi di penna, come Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field e Anderson Wayne.
Brett Halliday, il cui vero nome è Davis Dresser, è nato il 31 luglio 1904 ed è deceduto il 4 febbraio 1977. Durante la sua carriera di scrittore, si è affermato come figura di spicco nel genere del mistero, in particolare attraverso la creazione della duratura serie di Mike Shayne. Il successo della serie può essere attribuito alla capacità di Dresser di creare storie avvincenti e ricche di suspense che hanno risuonato con il pubblico, portando ai suoi adattamenti in vari formati multimediali. Inoltre, la versatilità di Dresser come scrittore è evidente nel suo uso di diversi nomi di penna per esplorare generi diversi, solidificando ulteriormente la sua reputazione come autore talentuoso e di successo.
Michael Shayne Books
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1
Dividend on Death
1939
2
The Private Practice of Michael Shayne
1940
3
The Uncomplaining Corpses
1940
4
Tickets for Death
1941
5
Bodies Are Where You Find Them
1941
6
The Case of the Walking / Corpse Came Calling
1943
7
Murder Wears a Mummer's Mask / In a Deadly Vein
1943
8
Blood on the Black Market
1943
9
Michael Shayne's Long Chance
1944
10
Murder and the Married Virgin
1944
11
Murder is My Business
1945
12
Marked For Murder
1945
13
Blood on Biscayne Bay
1946
14
Counterfeit Wife
1947
15
Blood on the Stars / Murder Is a Habit
1948
16
A Taste for Violence
1949
17
Call for Michael Shayne
1949
18
This is it, Michael Shayne
1950
19
Framed in Blood
1951
20
When Dorinda Dances
1951
21
A Taste for Cognac
1951
22
What Really Happened
1952
23
One Night with Nora / The Lady Came By Night
1953
24
She Woke to Darkness
1954
25
Death Has Three Lives
1955
26
Stranger in Town
1955
27
The Blonde Cried Murder
1956
28
Heads You Lose
1956
29
Weep for a Blonde
1957
30
Shoot the works
1957
31
Murder and the Wanton Bride
1958
32
Fit to Kill
1958
33
Date with a Dead Man
1959
34
Target
1959
35
Die Like A Dog
1959
36
Murder Takes No Holiday
1960
37
Dolls Are Deadly
1960
38
The Homicidal Virgin
1960
39
Killers from the Keys
1961
40
Murder in Haste
1961
41
The Careless Corpse
1961
42
Pay-Off in Blood
1962
43
Murder by Proxy
1962
44
Never Kill a Client
1962
45
Too Friendly, Too Dead
1962
46
The Corpse That Never Was
1963
47
The Body Came Back
1963
48
A Redhead
1964
49
Shoot to Kill
1964
50
The Violent World of Michael Shayne
1965
51
Nice Fillies Finish Last
1965
52
Murder Spins the Wheel
1966
53
Armed... Dangerous...
1966
54
Mermaid on the Rocks
1967
55
Guilty as Hell
1967
56
So Lush, So Deadly
1968
57
Lady, be Bad
1969
58
Six Seconds to Kill
1970
59
Fourth Down to Death
1970
60
Count Backwards to Zero
1971
61
I Come To Kill You
1971
62
Caught Dead
1972
63
Kill All the Young Girls
1973
64
Blue Murder
1973
65
Last Seen Hitchhiking
1974
66
At The Point of A .38
1974
67
Million Dollar Handle
1976
68
Win Some, Lose Some
1976
Romanzi singoli
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Dry-Gulch Adams ( As: Peter Field)
1934
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Mum's the Word for Murder
1969
3
Mardi Gras Madness ( As: Peter Field)
1934
4
Ladies of Chance ( As: Peter Field)
1936
5
Boss of the Lazy 9 ( As: Peter Field)
1937
6
The Kissed Corpse
2016
7
Coyote Gulch ( As: Peter Field)
1937
8
Mustang Mesa ( As: Peter Field)
1937
9
Outlaw Of Eagle's Nest ( As: Peter Field)
1938
10
Green Path To The Moon ( As: Peter Field)
1938
11
The Tenderfoot Kid ( As: Peter Field)
1939
12
Maverick's Return ( As: Peter Field)
1947
13
The Man From Thief River ( As: Peter Field)
1949
14
A Lonely Way to Die ( As: Peter Field)
1950
15
Canyon Hide-out ( As: Peter Field)
1951
16
Charlie Dell/A Time to Remember ( As: Peter Field)
1952
17
You Killed Elizabeth
1960
18
Before I Wake
2016
19
Charlie Dell
2016
Jerry Burke Books (as Peter Field)
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1
Mum's the Word for Murder ( As: Peter Field)
1938
2
The Kissed Corpse ( As: Peter Field)
2020
Rio Kid Adventure Books (as Peter Field)
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1
Death On Treasure Trail ( As: Peter Field)
1940
2
Return of the Rio Kid ( As: Peter Field)
1949
3
Two-Gun Rio Kid ( As: Peter Field)
2010
Morgan Wayne Books (as Peter Field)
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1
The Avenger ( As: Peter Field)
2020
2
Death is a Lovely Dame ( As: Peter Field)
2020
Twister and Chuckaluck Mysteries Books (as)
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1
Death Rides The Pecos
1940
2
Gunsmoke on the Mesa
1941
3
The Hangmen of Sleepy Valley / The Masked Riders of Sleepy Valley
1950
4
Lynch-Rope Law
1952
Twister and Chuckaluck Mysteries Books (with Davis Dyer)
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1
Murder on the Mesa (By: Davis Dyer)
2016
Powder Valley Books (as Peter Field)
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1
Outlaws Three
1933
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Guns from Powder Valley
1941
3
Powder Valley Pay-Off
1941
4
Law Man of Powder Valley / Sheriff's Revenge
1942
5
Trail South from Powder Valley
1942
6
Hell's Corner / Powder Valley Vengeance
1942
7
Sheriff on the Spot
1943
8
Death Rides The Night
1944
9
Midnight Round-Up
1944
10
The Smoking Iron
1944
11
Gringo Guns
1944
12
Ravaged Range
1945
13
The Road to Laramie
1945
14
The End of the Trail
1945
15
Gambler's Gold
1946
16
Powder Valley Showdown
1946
17
Fight for Powder Valley! / The Land Grabber
1947
18
Trail From Needle Rock
1947
19
Return to Powder Valley
1948
20
Outlaw Valley
1949
21
Sheriff Wanted!
1949
22
Blacksnake Trail
1950
23
Powder Valley Ambush
1950
24
Back Trail to Danger
1951
25
Guns in the Saddle
1952
26
Powder Valley Holdup
1952
27
Riders of the Outlaw Trail
1952
28
Three Guns From Colorado
1952
29
Dig the Spurs Deep
1953
30
Guns Roaring West
1953
31
Montana Maverick
1953
32
Powder Valley Deadlock
1954
33
Powder Valley Stampede
1954
34
Ride for Trinidad!
1954
35
War in the Painted Buttes
1954
36
Breakneck Pass
1955
37
Outlaw of Castle Canyon
1955
38
Rawhide Rider
1955
39
Saddles to Santa Fe
1955
40
Powder Valley Renegade
1956
41
Strike for Tomahawk
1956
42
Wild Horse Lightning
1956
43
Guns for Grizzly Flat
1957
44
The Man from Robber's Roost
1957
45
Powder Valley Manhunt
1957
46
Raiders at Medicine Bow
1957
47
Hangman's Trail
1958
48
Rustler's Rock
1958
49
Sagebrush Swindle
1958
50
Drive For Devil's River
1959
51
Outlaw Express
1959
52
Trail to Troublesome;
1959
53
Double Cross Canyon
1960
54
Marauders at the Lazy Mare
1960
55
Powder Valley Plunder
1960
56
Rattlesnake Range
1961
57
Rimrock Riders
1961
58
Wolf Pack Trail
1961
59
Cougar Canyon
1962
60
Powder Valley Ransom
1962
61
The Outlaw Herd
1962
62
Outlaw Deputy
1963
63
Powder Valley Getaway
1963
64
Trail Through Tascosa
1963
65
Rustler's Empire
1964
66
Feud at Silvermine
1965
Brett Halliday Anthologies
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20 Great Tales of Murder
1952
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Best Detective Stories of the Year 17th Annual Collection