Richard Scott Prather also wrote under the pseudonyms 'David Knight' and 'Douglas Ring'. He was one of the most successful PI writer of the 50s. He is the creator of 'Shell Scott', a private eye in Hollywood.
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Richard Scott Prather also wrote under the pseudonyms 'David Knight' and 'Douglas Ring'. He was one of the most successful PI writer of the 50s. He is the creator of 'Shell Scott', a private eye in Hollywood. |
Titles and year of publication:
| 'Shell Scott' Novels | |
| 1) Case of the Vanishing Beauty | 1950 |
| 2) Bodies in Bedlam | 1951 |
| 3) Everybody Had a Gun | 1951 |
| 4) Find This Woman | 1951 |
| 5) Dagger of Flesh | 1952 |
| 6) Darling, It's Death | 1952 |
| 7) Way of a Wanton | 1952 |
| 8) Ride a High Horse (Also published as: Too Many Crooks [1956]) | 1953 |
| 9) Always Leave 'em Dying | 1954 |
| 10) Pattern for Panic | 1954 |
| 11) Over Her Dead Body | 1955 |
| 12) Strip for Murder | 1956 |
| 13) The Wailing Frail | 1956 |
| 14) The Deadly Darling | 1957 |
| 15) Have Gat - Will Travel (short stories) | 1957 |
| 16) Three's a Shroud (novelets) | 1957 |
| 17) Slab Happy | 1958 |
| 18) Take a Murder | 1958 |
| 19) Double in Trouble (with Stephen Marlowe) | 1959 |
| 20) Dance with the Dead | 1960 |
| 21) Dig That Crazy Grave | 1961 |
| 22) Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters (short stories) | 1961 |
| 23) Kill the Clown | 1962 |
| 24) Dead Heat | 1963 |
| 25) The Cockeyed Corpse | 1964 |
| 26) Joker in the Deck | 1964 |
| 27) The Trojan Hearse | 1964 |
| 28) Dead Man's Walk | 1965 |
| 29) Kill Him Twice | 1965 |
| 30) The Meandering Corpse | 1965 |
| 31) The Kubla Khan Caper | 1966 |
| 32) Gat Heat | 1967 |
| 33) The Cheim Manuscript | 1969 |
| 34) Kill Me Tomorrow | 1969 |
| 35) The Shell Scott Sampler (short stories) | 1969 |
| 36) Dead-Bang | 1971 |
| 37) The Sweet Ride | 1972 |
| 38) The Sure Thing | 1975 |
| 39) The Amber Effect | 1986 |
| 40) Shellshock | 1987 |
| Other Novels | |
| 1) Lie Down, Killer | 1952 |
| As 'David Knight' | |
| 1) Pattern for Murder (Also published as: The Scrambled Yeggs [1958]) | 1952 |
| 2) Dragnet: Case No. 561 (UK Title: Case No. 561 [1957]) | 1956 |
| As 'Douglas Ring' | |
| 1) The Peddler | 1952 |