*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Crime, Spies and Sleaze category for the first of a two-part re-listing 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. Our first selection dates from the mid-sixties and is blessed with fabulous covers by the famous artist Robert McGinnis.
PICTURED: ALL MIKE SHAYNE MYSTERIES BY BRETT HALLIDAY ALL SOLD
ARMED…DANGEROUS… Dell 1966 1st US PB GD £4
THE BODY CAME BACK Dell 1964 1st US PB VG £5
GUILTY AS HELL Dell 1967 1st US PB FN £5
HEADS YOU LOSE Dell 1965 1st New Edition US PB VG  £4
THE HOMICIDAL VIRGIN Dell 1967 1st New Edition US PB VG/FN £6
IN A DEADLY VEIN Dell 1968 1st New Edition US PB VG/FN £4
MERMAID ON THE ROCKS Dell 1967 1st US PB VG £5