Spencer Dean
1895-1976
Pseudonyms: Jay de Bekker, Dexter St. Clair, Dexter St. Clare and Stewart Sterling
  

Pseudonym of Prentice Winchell. He was born in Illinois. He was an author, short story writer, and journalist. He is the creator of:
1. 'Don Cadee', chief of security at a Fifth Avenue department store in New York City.
2. 'Gil Vine', chief of security at a Fifth Avenue hotel in New York City (under the pseudonym 'Stewart Sterling').
3. 'Ben Pedley', a Fire Marshall in New York City (under the pseudonym 'Stewart Sterling').
 

Titles and year of publication:  

 'Don Cadee' Novels
 1) The Scent of Fear (Also published as: The Smell of Fear [1956])  1954
 2) The Frightened Fingers  1954
 3) Marked Down for Murder  1956
 4) Murder on Delivery  1957
 5) Dishonor Among Thieves  1958
 6) The Merchant of Murder  1959
 7) Price Tag for Murder  1959
 8) Murder After a Fashion  1960
 9) Credit for a Murder  1961
 'Gil Vine' Novels (as Stewart Sterling)
 1) Dead Wrong  1947
 2) Dead Sure: The Affair of the California Cutie  1949
 3) Dead of Night  1950
 4) Alibi Baby  1955
 5) Dead Right (Also published as: The Hotel Murders [1957])  1956
 6) Dead to the World (Also published as: The Blonde in Suite 14 [1959])  1958
 7) The Body in the Bed  1959
 8) Dead Certain (novelets)  1960
 'Ben Pedley' Novels (as Stewart Sterling)
 1) Five Alarm Funeral  1942
 2) Where There's Smoke  1946
 3) Alarm in the Night  1949
 4) Nightmare at Noon  1951
 5) The Hinges of Hell  1955
 6) Candle for a Corpse (Also published as: Too Hot to Kill [1958])  1957
 7) Fire on Fear Street  1958
 8) Dying Room Only  1960
 9) Too Hot to Handle  1961
 As 'Jay de Bekker'
 1) Gutter Gang  1954
 2) Keyhole Peeper  1955
 As 'Dexter St. Clair'
 1) The Lady's Not for Living  1963
 As 'Dexter St. Clare'
 1) Saratoga Mantrap  1951
 As 'Stewart Sterling'
 1) Down Among the Dead Men  1943
 2) The Big Ear  1953

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