The Private Practice of Michael Shayne (1958) ~ Brett Halliday ~ McGinnis GGA

Description: The Private Practice of Michael Shayne (1958) by Brett Halliday ~ A Mike Shayne Hard Boiled Crime Detective Mystery Cover art by the late, great Robert "Bob" McGinnis (if you like great pulp covers by Robert "Bob" Maguire, Ron Lesser, and Harry Bennett, you'll like McGinnis' cover art) "The Private Practice of Michael Shayne is a 1940 novel by Brett Halliday, the pen name for Davis Dresser. It is the second edition of the long-running Michael Shayne detective series. This one opens with Shayne the private detective being approached by a friend of his, lawyer Larry Kincaid. Larry meets with Shayne along with local rich guy Elliot Thomas. It seems that one Harry Grange, a local scumbag, has approached Kincaid with a blackmail demand against Thomas, and Thomas and Kincaid want Shayne to handle it. Shayne refuses to get involved, not because of his own concerns, but because he thinks the whole affair will besmirch Larry's reputation. Larry, who needs the money, gets violently angry. In the course of this conversation Shayne learns that Harry Grange is squiring around Phyllis Brighton, the sexy young rich girl that Shayne got off of a murder rap in the first Michael Shayne book, Dividend on Death. Shayne goes to Joe Marco's casino and finds Phyllis, in the company of Grange, getting taken for a lot of money at the roulette tables. With a show of aggression Shayne forces Grange and Marco (who are actually in cahoots) to send Phyllis away, although Phyllis herself is pissed off at this. Shayne goes home only to get a phone call from Grange asking for a meeting and promising a big case. Shayne goes to the beach to meet Grange, only to find that he has been murdered..." Shipping to continental USA only. All sales are final. Pictures constitute part of description.

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