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Call for Michael Shayne (1949)

par Brett Halliday

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Mike Shayne investigates a murder committed by an amnesiac Arthur Devlin wakes up so hungover that for a moment, he thinks the ship is sinking. As he gets his bearings, he realizes the only storm is inside his own head--and he isn't on a ship at all. The last thing he remembers is being handed another drink at his going-away party. That was twelve days ago. Devlin has awoken in a sleazy hotel room, dressed in a stranger's ratty clothes, with a bump on his forehead and a dead man at his feet. The phone rings: A woman who calls him Joey asks if he went through with the murder. Devlin has no choice but to say yes.   To find out if he's really a killer, Devlin hires Mike Shayne. Shayne has twenty-four hours to fill in the gaps of his client's memory--and he will discover things that Devlin would rather stay forgotten. Call for Michael Shayne is the 17th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.… (plus d'informations)
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There were something like 77 Mike Shayne novels published between 1939 and 1976 under the house name, Brett Halliday.
Call For Michael Shayne revisits an often-used pulp theme of a guy waking up from a stupor and finding himself lying with a bloody corpse.

Here, Devlin is missing two weeks of his life when he was supposed to be on a Carribean cruise. Although this plot device has been used many times, it's used well here and feels fresh and mysterious.

Of course, it wouldn't be Mike Shayne if he wasn't tangling with Will Gentry and Peter Painter and his attempts to solve the case are almost thwarted by his dealings with Gentry and Painter who both know he's
hiding something.

Although this book starts out well, the plot ultimately becomes too convoluted and lost.
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Mike Shayne investigates a murder committed by an amnesiac Arthur Devlin wakes up so hungover that for a moment, he thinks the ship is sinking. As he gets his bearings, he realizes the only storm is inside his own head--and he isn't on a ship at all. The last thing he remembers is being handed another drink at his going-away party. That was twelve days ago. Devlin has awoken in a sleazy hotel room, dressed in a stranger's ratty clothes, with a bump on his forehead and a dead man at his feet. The phone rings: A woman who calls him Joey asks if he went through with the murder. Devlin has no choice but to say yes.   To find out if he's really a killer, Devlin hires Mike Shayne. Shayne has twenty-four hours to fill in the gaps of his client's memory--and he will discover things that Devlin would rather stay forgotten. Call for Michael Shayne is the 17th book in the Mike Shayne Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.

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