Richard S. Prather

52 books

Darling It's Death by Richard S. Prather

Darling It's Death

Shell Scott #6

Richard S. Prather

156 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
The Death Gods (A Shell Scott Mystery) by Richard S. Prather

The Death Gods (A Shell Scott Mystery)

Shell Scott #42

Richard S. Prather

426 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious reflective medium-paced
Find This Woman by Richard S. Prather

Find This Woman

Shell Scott #4

Richard S. Prather

152 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious fast-paced
Lie Down, Killer by Richard S. Prather

Lie Down, Killer

Richard S. Prather

168 pages • first pub 1952 (editions)

fiction mystery mysterious medium-paced
The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories by Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg

The Mammoth Book of Private Eye Stories

Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg

600 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

fiction mystery short stories mysterious slow-paced
Masters of Noir: Volume One by Bruno Fischer, Jonathan Craig, Gil Brewer, Frank Kane, Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, Richard S. Prather, Fletcher Flora, Ed McBain

Masters of Noir: Volume One

Masters of Noir #1

Bruno Fischer, Jonathan Craig, Gil Brewer, Frank Kane, Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane, Richard S. Prather, Fletcher Flora, Ed McBain

137 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

fiction crime short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
Always Leave 'em Dying by Richard S. Prather
Always Leave 'em Dying
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Richard S. Prather

Always Leave 'em Dying

Shell Scott #9

Richard S. Prather

164 pages • first pub 1954 (editions)

fiction crime mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Amber Effect by Richard S. Prather
The Amber Effect
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Richard S. Prather

The Amber Effect

Shell Scott #40

Richard S. Prather

220 pages • first pub 1986 (editions)

American Pulp by Talmage Powell, Day Keene, C.B. Gilford, John D. MacDonald, Donald Wandrei, Norbert Davis, Herbert D. Kastle, Marcia Muller, Vin Packer, Evan Hunter, Gil Brewer, Bill Pronzini, John Jakes, John Lutz, Jay Flynn, William Campbell Gault, Fredric Brown, Richard Matheson, Craig Rice, Clark Howard, L.J. Washburn, Lawrence Block, James Reasoner, Edward Bryant, Leigh Brackett, Mickey Spillane, Donald E. Westlake, Dorothy B. Hughes, Richard S. Prather, David Goodis, Stephen Marlowe, Ed Gorman, Helen Nielsen, Wade Miller, Robert J. Randisi, Marthayn Pelegrimas, Jack Ritchie

American Pulp

Talmage Powell, Day Keene, C.B. Gilford, John D. MacDonald, Donald Wandrei, Norbert Davis, Herbert D. Kastle, Marcia Muller, Vin Packer, Evan Hunter, Gil Brewer, Bill Pronzini, John Jakes, John Lutz, Jay Flynn, William Campbell Gault, Fredric Brown, Richard Matheson, Craig Rice, Clark Howard, L.J. Washburn, Lawrence Block, James Reasoner, Edward Bryant, Leigh Brackett, Mickey Spillane, Donald E. Westlake, Dorothy B. Hughes, Richard S. Prather, David Goodis, Stephen Marlowe, Ed Gorman, Helen Nielsen, Wade Miller, Robert J. Randisi, Marthayn Pelegrimas, Jack Ritchie

550 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction mystery dark funny fast-paced
Bodies in Bedlam by Richard S. Prather
Bodies in Bedlam
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Richard S. Prather

Bodies in Bedlam

Shell Scott #2

Richard S. Prather

142 pages • first pub 1951 (editions)

fiction mystery adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced