When a crime wave grips Miami, Mike Shayne comes home to fight
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In the city room of the Courier,
a reporter blocks out the clatter of typewriters to tell Miami the
truth. In the past week, three murders have been committed in Miami
Beach, and Timothy Rourke is the only person who sees the connection. As
the mayor and the chief of police deny rumors of a crime wave, Rourke
hollers from page one: Organized crime has taken over Miami, and the
bloodshed has only just begun. Rourke is beaten to a pulp for
exposing the mob's dirty dealings, and then he discovers a hot-eyed
blonde in his apartment packing a .32. The situation is spinning out of
control, and only one man can save the city from itself: Mike Shayne. He
left Miami for New Orleans after the death of his beloved, and he will
return with all the fury of an avenging angel.
Bonus Covers
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| Robert McGinnis Cover |
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Printing History
Written by Davis Dresser (1904-1977)
Dodd Mead & Company
1945
Dell Publishing Company
#222 1948
D291 1959
#5386 June 1968
#5386 1970
Trivia
Originally published as “The Vanishing Blonde,” Mystery Book Magazine, December 1945
There are three Robert McGinnis for one title? I am going to have to look for some of those.
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