![]() The next year, 1939, Henry Holt would publish Dresser’s novel DIVIDEND ON DEATH under the pseudonym Brett Halliday, which introduced redheaded Miami private detective Michael Shayne, a character who would make Dresser a rich man (and put a few shekels in the pockets of numerous other authors, as well, present company included).īut what about MUM’S THE WORD FOR MURDER? It’s an important book because it’s a dry run for the introduction of Michael Shayne a year later. Better things were on the horizon for him, though. ![]() He was making a living writing romances and Westerns for lending library publishers, but it was a precarious one. Forgotten Books: Mum's the Word for Murder - Brett.ĭavis Dresser wasn’t exactly setting the world on fire as a writer when this book was published under the pseudonym Asa Baker in 1938.Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans. ![]()
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