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Mum's the Word for Murder

par Brett Halliday

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In this classic crime novel from the creator of Mike Shayne, a writer and an El Paso cop chase a serial killer who taunts them with ads in the local paper.   Action Western novelist Asa Baker is in bad need of a good story when he gets a call from his old friend, Jerry Burke. One of El Paso's top cops, Burke is about to drag Baker into a plot more dangerous--and outrageous--than anything the Old West has to offer.   A troubling personal ad has appeared in the local paper. Addressed to Burke, it warns that someone will die tonight at 11:41 p.m. And as promised, the body appears at 11:41 sharp--setting Burke and Baker on the hunt for an ingenious serial killer who advertises murder, always delivers on time, and never leaves a trail.   Praise for Brett Halliday's Mike Shayne Mysteries   "[Mike Shayne is] one of the best of the tough sleuths." --The New York Times   "Unlike anything else in the genre." --L. J. Washburn, author of For Whom the Funeral Bell Tolls   "Raw, ingenious storytelling . . . Pure pleasure." --Shane Black, creator of Lethal Weapon and writer/director of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, on Murder Is My Business… (plus d'informations)
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Davis Dresser wrote under a number of pseudonyms, the best known of which was Brett Halliday, which later became the house name for the 70 Mike Shayne mysteries. Before achieving success with Shayne, Dresser published a number of westerns and two hardboiled detective novels (Kissed Corpse and Mum's The Word) under the pen name Asa Baker featuring writer Asa Baker and police detective Jerry Burke on the Mexico border in the El Paso area. Baker played a kind of Watson to Burke's Sherlock Holmes.

This is a truly excellent "series" and it's a pity that Dresser focused on Shayne rather than continuing this series as well.

Of the two books in this "series," I thought Kissed Corpse was the better of the two. It simply had more action. Mum's The Word is a story about a serial killer who telegraphs his kills in news ads targeted at a Detective Burke. There's a lot of figuring and calculating and trying to figure out who the killer is. ( )
  DaveWilde | Sep 22, 2017 |
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In this classic crime novel from the creator of Mike Shayne, a writer and an El Paso cop chase a serial killer who taunts them with ads in the local paper.   Action Western novelist Asa Baker is in bad need of a good story when he gets a call from his old friend, Jerry Burke. One of El Paso's top cops, Burke is about to drag Baker into a plot more dangerous--and outrageous--than anything the Old West has to offer.   A troubling personal ad has appeared in the local paper. Addressed to Burke, it warns that someone will die tonight at 11:41 p.m. And as promised, the body appears at 11:41 sharp--setting Burke and Baker on the hunt for an ingenious serial killer who advertises murder, always delivers on time, and never leaves a trail.   Praise for Brett Halliday's Mike Shayne Mysteries   "[Mike Shayne is] one of the best of the tough sleuths." --The New York Times   "Unlike anything else in the genre." --L. J. Washburn, author of For Whom the Funeral Bell Tolls   "Raw, ingenious storytelling . . . Pure pleasure." --Shane Black, creator of Lethal Weapon and writer/director of Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, on Murder Is My Business

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