


pen name – one of many – of David Dresser
1949 Dodd hardcover, this the later 1950 Dell mapback reissue
cover art by Robert Stanley
featuring Miami private eye Michael Shayne
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cover art by Robert McGinnis
January 1959 Dell reissue, first printing
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January 1964 Dell reissue, first printing – McGinnis artwork again
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1949 Dodd hardcover, this the later, 1964, Dell softcover
cover art by Robert McGinnis
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1946 Dell mapback, cover art by Gerald Gregg

1949, Dell Book #323, cover art by William George Jacobson
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1963 Dell reissue, cover art by Robert McGinnis


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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