*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: Four of the adventures of Mike Shayne by Brett Halliday. Halliday was the primary pen name of Davis Dresser, who wrote in a number of genres, but whose major work were the Mike Shayne private eye novels for which he used the name. It’s a bit more complicated than that, since it’s believed that most or even all of the Shayne novels after 1958 were ghost-written by others (there are around 70 novels in all). The world of Mike Shayne was cool, tough, sexy and full of mystery and action. This week’s selections date from the mid-1960s and are all blessed with fabulous covers by the famous artist Robert McGinnis.
PICTURED: BY BRETT HALLIDAY ALL SOLD
MARKED FOR MURDER Dell 1968 1st US PB thus GD £4
MIKE SHAYNE’S 50TH CASE Dell 1965 1st US PB VG £5
NEVER KILL A CLIENT Mayflower/Dell 1964 1st UK PB VG/FN £6 
WHEN DORINDA DANCES Mayflower/Dell 1964 1st UK PB GD £4