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Brett Halliday

Born

in Chicago, IL, The United States

July 31, 1904

Died

February 04, 1977

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers, Western

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AKA David Dresser
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Brett Halliday (July 31, 1904 - February 4, 1977), primary pen name of Davis Dresser, was an American mystery writer, best known for the long-lived series of Mike Shayne novels he wrote, and later commissioned others to write. Dresser wrote non-series mysteries, westerns and romances under the names

Asa Baker, Matthew Blood, Kathryn Culver, Don Davis, Hal Debrett, Anthony Scott, Peter Field, and Anderson Wayne. ...more

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Average rating: 3.73 · 3,932 ratings · 490 reviews · 429 distinct works • Similar authors

	Murder is My Business by Brett Halliday, Robert McGinnis (Illustrator) 3.52 avg rating — 344 ratings — published 1945 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Dividend on Death (Mike Shayne #1) by Brett Halliday, Robert McGinnis (Illustrator) 3.75 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 1939 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bodies Are Where You Find Them (Mike Shayne #5) 3.72 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1941 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Private Practice of Michael Shayne 3.82 avg rating — 119 ratings — published 1940 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Uncomplaining Corpses 3.66 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1940 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Corpse Came Calling 3.62 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 1942 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tickets For Death 3.64 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 1941 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Blood on Biscayne Bay by Brett Halliday, Robert McGinnis (Illustator) 3.96 avg rating — 51 ratings — published 1946 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Taste for Violence 3.70 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1949 — 24 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heads You Lose by Brett Halliday, Robert McGinnis (Illustrator) 3.76 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1943 — 13 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Mike Shayne (72 books)
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Quotes by Brett Halliday (?)

“Benny Retzel, a private operative in the employ of the Mutual Protective Agency: Divorce Evidence Our Specialty — You Marry ’Em, We Tail ’Em.”
― Brett Halliday, Death Goes To The Post

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“Who in the hell was Halliday? Just a guy from out of town who’d written a few bad mystery novels. Really a has-been. Still trying to ride along on the hard-boiled stuff that had gone out of favor with the old Black Mask.”
― Brett Halliday, She Woke to Darkness

tags: black-mask, detective, hard-boiled, self-referential

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