July 30, 1938 issue ~ cover art by George J. Rozen

July 30, 1938

cover art by George J. Rozen

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David Dresser was the real name of “Brett Halliday”

September 1945 issue ~ cover art by Gloria Stoll

September 1945

cover art by Gloria Stoll

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~ Dale Clark, “Heir in the Air”, 22nd of 28 with house dick Mike O’Hanna story, at San Alpa Resort hotel, 25th of 32 stories in BM

~ Brett Halliday (pseud. of David Dresser), “Dead Man’s Diary”, 2nd of 2 Mike Shayne stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Over My Dead Body”, 7th of 17 stories with ’Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 12th of 23 stories in BM

~ Robert Reeves, “Alcoholics Calamitous”, last of 10 Cellini Smith appearances, last of 12 appearances in BM

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cover art by Clarence Doore x 2

cover art by Clarence Doore

1940 Simon and Schuster hardcover as The Bride Wore Black, first novel and the beginning of his “Black” title run

1953 Pyramid reissue

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August 1961 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

cover art by Rafael de Soto

November 1944 issue

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~ Merle Constiner, “Killer Stay ‘Way from My Door”, ‘Luther McGavock, private detective; he works Atherton Browne who heads a Memphis-based agency, 7th of 11 of the McG stories; usually rural setting’, 7th of 12 stories in BM

~ Brett Halliday (pseud. of David Dresser), “A Taste for Cognac”, 1st of 2 Mike Shayne stories in BM

~ Julius Long, “Blind Bogey”, 2nd of 17 stories with ’Ben Corbett, D.A.’s chief investigator, 1st -person narrator’, 7th of 23 stories in BM

~ Robert Reeves, “Murder A.W.O.L.”, 8th Cellini Smith, ‘on his induction day, WWII’, 10th of 12 appearances in BM

Divided on Death x 5

1939 Holt hardcover

Oil on board, 13 x 8-1/2 inches (33.0 x 21.6 cm) (sight) – Not signed

The present work is published on the cover of Dividend on Death by Brett Halliday (Dell, 1952).

first published novel under the name Brett Halliday, first Michael (or Mike) Shayne novel

cover art by Robert McGinnis

1959 Dell reissue

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The Uncomplaining Corpses x 4

1944 Detective Novel Classic digest

cover art by Robert Stanley

Oil on board, 12.625 x 8.75 in. (sight), not signed

Dell #386, 1950.

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1958 Dell reissue

cover art by Paul Rader

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1963 Dell reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

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[post updated 10/12/25]