by Otto Penzler
1960 The Heckler (Simon & Schuster)
1962 The Empty Hours (Simon & Schuster; 3 novelettes)
1961 Lady, Lady, I Did It! (Simon & Schuster)
1962 Like Love (Simon & Schuster)
1962 The Empty Hours (Simon & Schuster; contains 3 novelettes)
1963 Ten Plus One (Simon & Schuster)
1964 Ax (Simon & Schuster)
1965 He Who Hesitates (Delacorte)
1965 Doll (Delacorte)
1966 Eighty Million Eyes (Delacorte)
1968 Fuzz (Doubleday)
1969 Shotgun (Doubleday)
1970 Jigsaw (Doubleday)
1971 Hail, Hail, the Gang’s All Here! (Doubleday)
1972 Sadie When She Died (Doubleday)
1973 Let’s Hear It for the Deaf Man (Doubleday)
1973 Hail to the Chief (Random House)
1974 Bread (Random House)
1975 Blood Relatives (Random House)
1976 So Long as You Both Shall Live (Random House)
1977 Long Time No See (Random House)
Films:
1958 Cop Hater (United Artists)
1958 The Mugger (United Artists)
1963 High and Low (Continental Distributing: Japanese), set in Yokohama
1972 Without Apparent Motive (Twentieth Century-Fox), set in Nice
1972 Fuzz (Twentieth Century-Fox), set in Boston
1975 Blood Relatives (Filmel: French), set in Montreal
Fred Fellows
Books:
1959 Sleep Long, My Love (Doubleday)
1960 Road Block (Doubleday)
1961 That Night It Rained (Doubleday)
1962 The Late Mrs. D. (Doubleday)
1962 Born Victim (Doubleday)
1963 Death and Circumstance (Doubleday)
1963 Prisoner’s Plea (Doubleday)
1964 The Missing Man (Doubleday)
1965 End of a Party (Doubleday)
1966 Pure Poison (Doubleday)
1968 The Con Game (Doubleday)
Inspector Ghote
Books:
1965 The Perfect Murder (Dutton)
1966 Inspector Ghote’s Good Crusade (Dutton)
1968 Inspector Ghote Caught in Meshes (Dutton)
1968 Inspector Ghote Hunts the Peacock (Dutton)
1969 Inspector Ghote Plays a Joker (Dutton)
Inspector Ghote Breaks an Egg (Doubleday)
1972 Inspector Ghote Goes by Train (Doubleday)
1973 Inspector Ghote Trusts the Heart (Doubleday)
1974 Bats Fly Up for Inspector Ghote (Doubleday)
1976 Filmi, Filmi, Inspector Ghote (Doubleday)
Matt Helm
Books:
1960 Death of a Citizen (Gold Medal)
1960 The Wrecking Crew (Gold Medal)
1961 The Removers (Gold Medal)
1962 The Silencers (Gold Medal)
1962 Murderers’ Row (Gold Medal)
1963 The Ambushers (Gold Medal)
1964 The Shadowers (Gold Medal)
1964 The Ravagers (Gold Medal)
1965 The Devastators (Gold Medal)
1966 The Betrayers (Gold Medal)
1968 The Menacers (Gold Medal)
1969 The Interlopers (Gold Medal)
1971 The Poisoners (Gold Medal)
1973 The Intriguers (Gold Medal)
1974 The Intimidators (Gold Medal)
1975 The Terminators (Gold Medal)
1976 The Retaliators (Gold Medal)
1977 The Terrorizers (Gold Medal)
1966 The Silencers (Columbia), with Dean Martin
1966 Murderers’ Row (Columbia), with Dean Martin
1967 The Ambushers (Columbia), with Dean Martin
1968 The Wrecking Crew (Columbia), with Dean Martin
Duncan Maclain
Books:
1937 The Last Express (Doubleday)
1937 The Whistling Hangman (Doubleday)
1941 The Odor of Violets (Little, Brown)
1943 Blind Man’s Bluff (Little, Brown)
1945 Death Knell (Morrow)
1945 Out of Control (Morrow)
1947 Make Mine Maclain (Morrow; 3 novelettes)
1952 You Diet Today (Morrow)
1954 Blind Allies (Morrow)
1957 Reservations for Death (Morrow)
1958 Clear and Present Danger (Doubleday)
1960 The Aluminum Turtle (Dodd, Mead; British title: The Spear Gun Murders)
1961 Frankincense and Murder (Dodd, Mead)
1938 The Last Express (Universal), with Kent Taylor
1942 Eyes in the Night (M-G-M), with Edward Arnold
1945 The Hidden Eye (M-G-M), with Edward Arnold
Mark McPherson
Books:
1943 Laura (Houghton Mifflin)
Film:
1944 Laura (Twentieth Century-Fox), with Dana Andrews
Lieutenant Luis Mendoza
Books:
1960 Case Pending (Harper & Row)
1961 The Ace of Spades (Morrow)
1962 Extra Kill (Morrow)
1962 Knave of Hearts (Morrow)
1963 Death of a Busybody (Morrow)
1963 Double Bluff (Morrow)
1964 Root of All Evil (Morrow)
1964 Mark of Murder (Morrow)
1965 The Death-Bringers (Morrow)
1965 Death by Inches (Morrow)
1966 Coffin Corner (Morrow)
1966 With a Vengeance (Morrow)
1967 Chance to Kill (Morrow)
1967 Rain with Violence (Morrow)
1968 Kill with Kindness (Morrow)
1969 Schooled to Kill (Morrow)
1969 Crime on Their Hands (Morrow)
1970 Unexpected Death (Morrow)
1971 Whim to Kill (Morrow)
1971 The Ringer (Morrow)
1972 Murder with Love (Morrow)
1972 With Intent to Kill (Morrow)
1973 No Holiday for Crime (Morrow)
1973 Spring for Violence (Morrow)
1974 Crime File (Morrow)
1975 Deuces Wild (Morrow)
1977 Streets of Death (Morrow)
1977 Appearances of Death (Morrow)
1978 Cold Trail (Morrow)
Mr. and Mrs. North
Books:
1936 Mr. and Mrs. North (Stokes; a collection of non-mystery vignettes)
1940 The Norths Meet Murder (Stokes)
1941 Murder out of Turn (Stokes)
1941 A Pinch of Poison (Stokes)
1942 Death on the Aisle (Lippincott)
1942 Hanged for a Sheep (Lippincott)
1943 Death Takes a Bow (Lippincott)
1944 Killing the Goose (Lippincott)
1945 Payoff for the Banker (Lippincott)
1946 Murder Within Murder (Lippincott)
1946 Death of a Tall Man (Lippincott)
1947 Untidy Murder (Lippincott)
1948 Murder Is Served (Lippincott)
1949 The Dishonest Murderer (Lippincott)
1950 Murder in a Hurry (Lippincott)
1951 Murder Comes First (Lippincott)
1952 Dead as a Dinosaur (Lippincott)
1953 Death Has a Small Voice (Lippincott)
1953 Curtain for a Jester (Lippincott)
1954 A Key to Death (Lippincott)
1955 Death of an Angel (Lippincott)
1956 Voyage into Violence (Lippincott)
1958 The Long Skeleton (Lippincott)
1959 Murder Is Suggested (Lippincott)
1960 The Judge Is Reversed (Lippincott)
1961 Murder Has Its Points (Lippincott)
1963 Murder by the Book (Lippincott)
Film:
1941 Mr. and Mrs. North (M-G-M), with Gracie Allen and William Post, Jr.
Patrick Petrella
Books:
1959 Blood and Judgment (Harper & Row)
1973 Amateur in Violence (Davis; 4 of the 11 stories are about Petrella)
1977 Petrella at Q (Harper & Row; 1 novelette and 11 short stories)
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Books:
1968 The Glass-Sided Ants’ Nest (Harper & Row; British title: Skin Deep)
1969 The Old English Peep Show (Harper & Row; British title: A Pride of Heroes)
1970 The Sinful Stones (Harper & Row; British title: The Seals)
1971 Sleep and His Brother (Harper & Row)
1972 The Lizard in the Cup (Harper & Row)
Quiller
Books:
1965 The Quiller Memorandum (Simon & Schuster; British title: The Berlin Memorandum)
1966 The Ninth Directive (Simon & Schuster)
1969 The Striker Portfolio (Simon & Schuster)
1971 The Warsaw Document (Doubleday)
1973 The Tango Briefing (Doubleday)
1975 The Mandarin Cypher (Doubleday)
1976 The Kobra Manifesto (Doubleday)
1978 The Sinkaing Executive (Doubleday)
Film:
1967 The Quiller Memorandum (Twentieth Century-Fox), with George Segal
Inspector Schmidt
Books:
1935 Murder at the Piano (Covici-Friede)
1936 Ring Around a Murder (Covici-Friede)
1937 Murder Half Baked (Covici-Friede)
1938 Murder on the Nose (Doubleday)
1939 Bird Walking Weather (Doubleday)
1939 The Corpse with the Purple Thighs (Doubleday)
1940 The Corpse Wore a Wig (Doubleday)
1941 Here Comes the Corpse (Doubleday)
1941 Red Is for Killing (Doubleday)
1942 Murder Calling “50” (Doubleday)
1946 Dead on Arrival (Doubleday)
1946 The Original Carcase (Doubleday)
1947 The Twin Killing (Doubleday)
1948 The Starting Gun (Doubleday)
1948 In Cold Blood (Doubleday)
1949 Drop Dead (Doubleday)
1949 Coffin Corner (Doubleday)
1950 Blood Will Tell (Doubleday)
1951 Death Ain’t Commercial (Doubleday)
1952 Scared to Death (Doubleday)
1952 The Corpse with Sticky Fingers (Doubleday)
1953 Give the Little Corpse a Great Big Hand (Doubleday)
1953 Dead Drunk (Doubleday)
1954 The Body in the Basket (Doubleday)
1955 A Dirty Way to Die (Doubleday)
1956 Dead Storage (Doubleday)
1956 Cop Killer (Doubleday)
1957 Dead Wrong (Doubleday)
1958 The Three-Time Losers (Doubleday)
1959 The Real Gone Goose (Doubleday; British title: A Real Gone Goose)
1961 Evil Genius (Doubleday)
1963 Murder’s Little Helper (Doubleday)
1965 Mysteriouser and Mysteriouser (Doubleday; British title: Murder in Wonderland)
1966 Dirty Pool (Doubleday; British title: Bait for a Killer)
1967 Corpse Candle (Doubleday)
1968 Another Day — Another Death (Doubleday)
1969 Honest Reliable Corpse (Doubleday)
1970 Killer Boy Was Here (Doubleday)
1976 Two in the Bush (Doubleday)
1976 My Dead Body (Doubleday)
1977 Innocent Bystander (Doubleday)
1977 The Tough Get Going (Doubleday)
The Shadow
1937 The Shadow Strikes (Grand National), with Rod La Rocque
1938 International Crime (Grand National), with Rod La Rocque
1940 The Shadow (Columbia serial), with Victor Jory
1946 The Shadow Returns (Monogram), with Kane Richmond
1946 Behind the Mask (Monogram), with Kane Richmond
1946 The Missing Lady (Monogram), with Kane Richmond
1958 Bourbon Street Shadows (Republic), with Richard Derr
Michael Shayne
Books:
1939 Dividend on Death (Holt)
1940 The Private Practice of Michael Shayne (Holt)
1940 The Uncomplaining Corpses (Holt)
1941 Tickets for Death (Holt)
1941 Bodies Are Where You Find Them (Holt)
1942 The Corpse Came Calling (Dodd, Mead)
1943 Murder Wears a Mummer’s Mask (Dodd, Mead)
1943 Blood on the Black Market (Dodd, Mead)
1944 Michael Shayne’s Long Chance (Dodd, Mead)
1944 Murder and the Married Virgin (Dodd, Mead)
1945 Murder Is My Business (Dodd, Mead)
1945 Marked for Murder (Dodd, Mead)
19646 Blood on Biscayne Bay (Dodd, Mead)
1947 Counterfeit Wife (Ziff-Davis)
1948 Blood on the Stars (Dodd, Mead)
1948 Michael Shayne’s Triple Mystery (Ziff-Davis; 3 novelettes)
1949 A Taste for Violence (Dodd, Mead)
1949 Call for Michael Shayne (Dodd, Mead)
1950 This Is It, Michael Shayne (Dodd, Mead)
1951 Framed in Blood (Dodd, Mead)
1951 When Dorinda Dances (Dodd, Mead)
1952 What Really Happened (Dodd, Mead)
1953 One Night with Nora (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1954 She Woke to Darkness (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1955 Death Has Three Lives (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1955 Stranger in Town (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1956 The Blonde Cried Murder (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1957 Weep for a Blonde (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1957 Shoot the Works (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1958 Murder and the Wanton Bride (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1958 Fit to Kill (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1959 Date with a Dead Man (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1959 Target: Mike Shayne (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1959 Die Like a Dog (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1960 Murder Takes No Holiday (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1960 Dolls Are Deadly (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1960 The Homicidal Virgin (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1961 Killer from the Keys (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1961 Murder in Haste (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1961 The Careless Corpse (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1962 Pay-Off in Blood (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1962 Murder by Proxy (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1962 Never Kill a Client (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1963 Too Friendly, Too Dead (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1963 The Corpse That Never Was (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1963 The Body Came Back (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1964 A Redhead for Mike Shayne (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1964 Shoot to Kill (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1964 Michael Shayne’s Fiftieth Case (Torquil/Dodd, Mead)
1965 The Violent World of Michael Shayne (Dell)
1966 Nice Fillies Finish Last (Dell)
1966 Murder Spins the Wheel (Dell)
1966 Armed … and Dangerous … (Dell)
1967 Mermaid on the Rocks (Dell)
1967 Guilty as Hell (Dell)
1968 So Lush, So Deadly (Dell)
1968 Violence Is Golden (Dell)
1969 Lady Be Bad (Dell)
1970 Six Seconds to Kill (Dell)
1970 Fourth Down to Death (Dell)
1971 Count Backwards to Zero (Dell)
1971 Come to Kill You (Dell)
1972 Caught Dead (Dell)
1973 Kill All the Young Girls (Dell)
1973 Blue Murder (Dell)
1974 Last Seen Hitchhiking (Dell)
1974 At the Point of a .38 (Dell)
1976 Million Dollar Handle (Dell)
1976 Win Some, Lose Some (Dell)
1941 Michael Shayne, Private Detective (Twentieth Century- Fox), with Lloyd Nolan
1941 Sleepers West (Twentieth Century-Fox), with Lloyd Nolan
1941 Dressed to Kill (Twentieth Century-Fox), with Lloyd Nolan
1941 Blue, White and Perfect (Twentieth Century-Fox), with Lloyd Nolan
1942 The Man Who Wouldn’t Die (Twentieth Century-Fox), with Lloyd Nolan
1942 Just Off Broadway (Twentieth Century- Fox), with Lloyd Nolan
1942 Time to Kill (Twentieth Century-Fox), with Lloyd Nolan
1946 Murder is My Business (PRC), with Hugh Beaumont
1946 Larceny in Her Heart (PRC), with Hugh Beaumont
1946 Blonde for a Day (PRC), with Hugh Beaumont
1947 Three on a Ticket (PRC), with Hugh Beaumont
1947 Too Many Winners (PRC), with Hugh Beaumont
Virgil Tibbs
Books:
1965 In the Heat of the Night (Harper & Row)
1966 The Cool Cottontail (Harper & Row)
1969 Johnny Get Your Gun (Little, Brown; revised and retitled Death of a Playmate by Bantam)
1972 Five Pieces of Jade (Little, Brown)
1976 The Eyes of Buddha (Little, Brown)
1967 In the Heat of the Night (United Artists), with Sidney Poitier
1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (United Artists), with Sidney Poitier
1971 The Organization (United Artists), with Sidney Poitier
Dick Tracy
Films:
1937 Dick Tracy (Republic serial), with Ralph Byrd
1938 Dick Tracy Returns (Republic serial), with Ralph Byrd
1939 Dick Tracy’s G-Men (Republic serial), with Ralph Byrd
1941 Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. (Republic serial), with Ralph Byrd
1945 Dick Tracy (RKO), with Morgan Conway
1946 Dick Tracy vs. Cueball (RKO), with Morgan Conway
1947 Dick Tracy’s Dilemma (RKO), with Ralph Byrd
1947 Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome (RKO), with Ralph Byrd
Inspector Van der Valk
Books:
1963 Love in Amsterdam (Harper & Row)
1964 Because of the Cats (Harper & Row)
1964 Question of Loyalty (Harper & Row; British title: Guns Before Butter)
1965 Double Barrel (Harper & Row)
1966 Criminal Conversation (Harper & Row)
1966 The King of the Rainy Country (Harper & Row)
1968 Strike Out Where Not Applicable (Harper & Row)
1969 Tsing-Boom (Harper & Row; British title: Tsing-Boum)
1971 The Lovely Ladies (Harper & Row; British title: Over the High Side)
1972 Auprès de ma Blonde (Harper & Row; British title: A Long Silence)
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