Brett Halliday

Pushing the boundaries of literary storytelling with bold imagination.

About Brett Halliday(1971 – present)

Brett Halliday writes with an elegance and force that redefines literary fiction. Across multiple acclaimed titles, their work often bridges character-driven storytelling with societal undercurrents.

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Michael Shayne

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1. Dividend on Death (1939) –Description or Buy on Amazon
PPMS
2. The Private Practice of Michael Shayne (1940) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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3. The Uncomplaining Corpses (1940) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TFD
4. Tickets for Death (1941) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BAWY
5. Bodies Are Where You Find Them (1941) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CWCC
6. The Case of the Walking / Corpse Came Calling (1943) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MWMM
7. Murder Wears a Mummer's Mask / In a Deadly Vein (1943) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BBM
8. Blood on the Black Market (1943) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MSLC
9. Michael Shayne's Long Chance (1944) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MMV
10. Murder and the Married Virgin (1944) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MIMB
11. Murder is My Business (1945) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MFM
12. Marked For Murder (1945) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BBB
13. Blood on Biscayne Bay (1946) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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14. Counterfeit Wife (1947) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BSMI
15. Blood on the Stars / Murder Is a Habit (1948) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TFV
16. A Taste for Violence (1949) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CFMS
17. Call for Michael Shayne (1949) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TIIM
18. This is it, Michael Shayne (1950) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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19. Framed in Blood (1951) –Description or Buy on Amazon
WDD
20. When Dorinda Dances (1951) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TFC
21. A Taste for Cognac (1951) –Description or Buy on Amazon
WRH
22. What Really Happened (1952) –Description or Buy on Amazon
ONWN
23. One Night with Nora / The Lady Came By Night (1953) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SWTD
24. She Woke to Darkness (1954) –Description or Buy on Amazon
DHTL
25. Death Has Three Lives (1955) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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26. Stranger in Town (1955) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BCM
27. The Blonde Cried Murder (1956) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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28. Heads You Lose (1956) –Description or Buy on Amazon
WFB
29. Weep for a Blonde (1957) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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30. Shoot the works (1957) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MWB
31. Murder and the Wanton Bride (1958) –Description or Buy on Amazon
FTK
32. Fit to Kill (1958) –Description or Buy on Amazon
DWDM
33. Date with a Dead Man (1959) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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34. Target (1959) –Description or Buy on Amazon
DLD
35. Die Like A Dog (1959) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MTNH
36. Murder Takes No Holiday (1960) –Description or Buy on Amazon
DAD
37. Dolls Are Deadly (1960) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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38. The Homicidal Virgin (1960) –Description or Buy on Amazon
KFK
39. Killers from the Keys (1961) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MH
40. Murder in Haste (1961) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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41. The Careless Corpse (1961) –Description or Buy on Amazon
PB
42. Pay-Off in Blood (1962) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MBP
43. Murder by Proxy (1962) –Description or Buy on Amazon
NKC
44. Never Kill a Client (1962) –Description or Buy on Amazon
TFTD
45. Too Friendly, Too Dead (1962) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CTNW
46. The Corpse That Never Was (1963) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BCB
47. The Body Came Back (1963) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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48. A Redhead (1964) –Description or Buy on Amazon
STK
49. Shoot to Kill (1964) –Description or Buy on Amazon
VWMS
50. The Violent World of Michael Shayne (1965) –Description or Buy on Amazon
NFFL
51. Nice Fillies Finish Last (1965) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MSW
52. Murder Spins the Wheel (1966) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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53. Armed... Dangerous... (1966) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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54. Mermaid on the Rocks (1967) –Description or Buy on Amazon
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55. Guilty as Hell (1967) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SLSD
56. So Lush, So Deadly (1968) –Description or Buy on Amazon
LBB
57. Lady, be Bad (1969) –Description or Buy on Amazon
SSTK
58. Six Seconds to Kill (1970) –Description or Buy on Amazon
FDTD
59. Fourth Down to Death (1970) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CBTZ
60. Count Backwards to Zero (1971) –Description or Buy on Amazon
ICTK
61. I Come To Kill You (1971) –Description or Buy on Amazon
CD
62. Caught Dead (1972) –Description or Buy on Amazon
KAYG
63. Kill All the Young Girls (1973) –Description or Buy on Amazon
BM
64. Blue Murder (1973) –Description or Buy on Amazon
LSH
65. Last Seen Hitchhiking (1974) –Description or Buy on Amazon
P3
66. At The Point of A .38 (1974) –Description or Buy on Amazon
MDH
67. Million Dollar Handle (1976) –Description or Buy on Amazon
WSLS
68. Win Some, Lose Some (1976) –Description or Buy on Amazon

Brett Halliday Books and Series – Structured Keywords

Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday. Complete reading order and series order.

A Redhead – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Armed... Dangerous... – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

A Taste for Cognac – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

A Taste for Violence – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

At The Point of A .38 – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Blood on Biscayne Bay – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Blood on the Black Market – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Blood on the Stars / Murder Is a Habit – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Blue Murder – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Bodies Are Where You Find Them – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Call for Michael Shayne – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Caught Dead – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Count Backwards to Zero – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Counterfeit Wife – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Date with a Dead Man – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Death Has Three Lives – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Die Like A Dog – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Dividend on Death – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Dolls Are Deadly – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Fit to Kill – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Fourth Down to Death – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Framed in Blood – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Guilty as Hell – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Heads You Lose – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

I Come To Kill You – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Kill All the Young Girls – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Killers from the Keys – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Lady, be Bad – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Last Seen Hitchhiking – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Marked For Murder – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Mermaid on the Rocks – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Michael Shayne's Long Chance – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Million Dollar Handle – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Murder and the Married Virgin – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Murder and the Wanton Bride – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Murder by Proxy – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Murder in Haste – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Murder is My Business – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Murder Spins the Wheel – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Murder Takes No Holiday – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Murder Wears a Mummer's Mask / In a Deadly Vein – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Never Kill a Client – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Nice Fillies Finish Last – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

One Night with Nora / The Lady Came By Night – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Pay-Off in Blood – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

She Woke to Darkness – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Shoot the works – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Shoot to Kill – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Six Seconds to Kill – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

So Lush, So Deadly – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Stranger in Town – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Target – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

The Blonde Cried Murder – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

The Body Came Back – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

The Careless Corpse – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

The Case of the Walking / Corpse Came Calling – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

The Corpse That Never Was – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

The Homicidal Virgin – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

The Private Practice of Michael Shayne – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

The Uncomplaining Corpses – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

The Violent World of Michael Shayne – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

This is it, Michael Shayne – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Tickets for Death – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Too Friendly, Too Dead – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Weep for a Blonde – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

What Really Happened – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

When Dorinda Dances – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.

Win Some, Lose Some – Book in the Michael Shayne series by Brett Halliday.