Bøger af Carroll John Daly

Saddle up for an exhilarating journey through the rugged terrain of the Wild West with Two-Gun Gerta, a Western masterpiece by the trailblazing hardboiled fiction author Carroll John Daly, in collaboration with C.C. Waddell. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of Gerta's initial publication, this edition marks a historic milestone as the first-ever reprint of any of Daly's western works. Immerse yourself in the secret history of hardboiled writing, creating a literary link between Daly and-by proximity, Hammett- connecting to the literary landscape of Jack London and Rudyard Kipling's generation.Meet Gerta O'Beirne, a formidable woman adept at handling firearms, as she confronts outlaws and navigates the challenges of the American frontier. This edition, enriched with a comprehensive introduction by David Laurence Wilson, provides a deeper understanding of Daly's roots through previously unreleased family photos. The captivating new cover by acclaimed illustrator Rick Geary enhances the allure of Two-Gun Gerta, showcasing Daly's versatility and establishing him not only as a pioneer of detective fiction but also as a masterful storyteller of the Old West.

Step into the complex world of Vivian "Vee" Brown, a unique figure leading dual lives in the gritty realm of crime and the glamorous domain of music. Despite his delicate appearance, Brown serves as a special operative for the Manhattan District Attorney, wielding a hair-trigger approach that blurs the line between justice and vengeance. Revered as a "Killer of Men" in the underworld, his other life unfolds in the opulent backdrop of a Park Avenue penthouse, where he crafts sentimental melodies that resonate with the public. Volume 3 culminates this enthralling series, unveiling the final five stories from 1934-36, revealing the multifaceted persona of the "Master of Melodies."

Before Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep, Before Dashiell Hammett's The Red Harvest, there was Carroll John Daly's The Snarl of the Beast, the first true hard-boiled detective novel. Featuring Race Williams, a private detective afraid of no man, it is a complex story of murder and inheritance in which Williams must outwit not only the police and a beautiful blonde cat burglar, but a homicidal maniac reputed to be bullet proof. Will his ready fists and forty-four revolvers be up to the task of confronting his foes against the background of deceit, double-crossing, and gunplay? And ultimately will he silence . . . The Snarl of the Beast?

Dime Detective magazine was the flagship detective pulp in the Popular Publications stable, running for almost 300 issues over twenty years. The May 1932 issue contains stories by T.T. Flynn, Carroll John Daly, Edward Parrish Ware, and J. Allan Dunn, and includes appearances by series characters such as Vee "Crime Machine" Brown.

Dime Detective magazine was the flagship detective pulp in the Popular Publications stable, running for almost 300 issues over twenty years. The April 1932 issue contains stories by Frederick Nebel, Carroll John Daly, John Lawrence, and J. Allan Dunn, and includes appearances by series characters such as Cardigan and Vee "Crime Machine" Brown.

Dime Detective magazine was the flagship detective pulp in the Popular Publications stable, running for almost 300 issues over twenty years. The fifth issue contains stories by Oscar Schisgall, Frederick Nebel, Carroll John Daly, Edward Parrish Ware, and J. Allan Dunn, and includes appearances by series character such as Cardigan, Tug Norton, and Vee "Crime Machine" Brown.

Dime Detective magazine was the flagship detective pulp in the Popular Publications stable, running for almost 300 issues over twenty years. The third issue contains stories by Madeleine Sharps Buchanan, Frederick Nebel, Carroll John Daly, and Oscar Schisgall, and includes another appearance by Nebel's long-running series character, Cardigan as well as Carroll John Daly's character, Vee "Crime Machine" Brown.

Dime Detective magazine was the flagship detective pulp in the Popular Publications stable, running for almost 300 issues over twenty years. The fourth issue contains stories by T.T. Flynn, Frederick Nebel, Carroll John Daly, Edward Parrish Ware, and J. Allan Dunn, and includes an additional appearance by Nebel's character, Cardigan as well as by Carroll John Daly's Vee "Crime Machine" Brown.

Race Williams returns! Originally appearing in the pages of Black Mask Magazine, author Carroll John Daly pioneered the hard-boiled detective P.I. story and perfected the genre with his classic character, Race Williams. Apart from the novel-length Race Williams stories, these classic hard-boiled thrillers have rarely been reprinted, if ever. Volume 7 contains 16 Race Williams stories, all from 1944-55, as Daly closed out his most popular series with a bang. It's also prefaced by an all-new, scholarly introduction by Professor Brooks E. Hefner of James Madison University. Unremembered Murder: The Collected Hard-Boiled Stories of Race Williams, Volume 7 concludes the most important series published in years on the history of the Hard-Boiled Detective story.

The first hard-boiled detective character, "Three-Gun" Terry Mack is collected for the first time. This groundbreaking series from the pages of Black Mask magazine set the template for all Black Mask authors to follow. Written by Carroll John Daly, Terry Mack debuted just two months prior to Daly's most famous creation, Race Williams. Williams' popularity with Black Mask readers doomed Terry Mack after just two stories, but Daly revisited the character a few years later for a full-length novel, The Man in the Shadows.This edition contains both Terry Mack short stories, along with The Man in the Shadows, which has never before been reprinted. Includes an all-new introduction by Evan Lewis.

Picking up from where our last issue left off, we have another group of crime stories written especially for us. Starting with ex-police detective Lissa Marie Redmond whose short fiction has appeared in anthologies like Akashic's Buffalo Noir and whose debut novel will be out in February 2018, we move along to novelist Andrew Welsh-Huggins, author of the Andy Hayes PI series. Then we have a chilling new tale by short story specialist Nick Kolakowsi, followed by this issue's featured writer, Bill Crider, who takes us to Blacklin County, Texas, where he treats us to a new story starring everyone's favorite sheriff, Dan Rhodes. Tim Lockhart's debut novel came out earlier this year amidst a lot of buzz and he's here with a very dark tale indeed. Next we offer a taste of J.J. Hensley's fast-paced writing with an airborne story as we await the premiere of a new series early next year. Our trip to the past brings us to the legendary writer Carroll John Daly and his no-holds-barred character Race Williams, who never shot any man that didn't deserve it. We close out the issue with a story strong with irony by Ben Boulden. Throw in a terrific column by J. Kingston Pierce and you've got another issue of Down & Out: The Magazine.

John Carroll Daly was a popular pulp author of the early 20th century. His 'Knights of the Open Palm', published in 1923 in Black Mask magazine, is seen as founding the genre of hard-boiled detective fiction. First published in March of 1928, 'The Egyptian Lure' is one of his most enduring tales. Many crime and detective stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.