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Hugh Pentecost was a penname of mystery author Judson Philips. Born in Massachusetts, Philips came of age during the golden age of pulp magazines, and spent the 1930s writing suspense fiction and sports stories for a number of famous pulps. His first book was Hold 'Em Girls! The Intelligent Women's Guide to Men and Football (1936). In 1939, his crime story Cancelled in Red won the Red Badge prize, launching his career as a novelist. Philips went on to write nearly one hundred books over the next five decades.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Luke Bradley
Cancelled in Red (1939)
The Twenty-Fourth Horse (1940)
I'll Sing at Your Funeral (1942)
The Brass Chills (1943)
Cancelled in Red (1939)
The Twenty-Fourth Horse (1940)
I'll Sing at Your Funeral (1942)
The Brass Chills (1943)
Lt. Pascal
Lt. Pascal's Tastes in Homicide (1954)
The Obituary Club (1958)
The Lonely Target (1960)
Only the Rich Die Young (1964)
Lt. Pascal's Tastes in Homicide (1954)
The Obituary Club (1958)
The Lonely Target (1960)
Only the Rich Die Young (1964)
Uncle George
Choice of Violence (1962)
Around Dark Corners (1970)
The Copycat Killers (1983)
The Price of Silence (1984)
Murder Sweet and Sour (1985)
Death By Fire (1986)
Pattern for Terror (1990)
Choice of Violence (1962)
Around Dark Corners (1970)
The Copycat Killers (1983)
The Price of Silence (1984)
Murder Sweet and Sour (1985)
Death By Fire (1986)
Pattern for Terror (1990)
Pierre Chambrun
The Cannibal Who Overate (1962)
The Shape of Fear (1964)
The Evil That Men Do (1966)
The Golden Trap (1967)
Girl Watcher's Funeral (1969)
The Gilded Nightmare (1969)
The Deadly Joke (1971)
Birthday, Deathday (1973)
Walking Dead Man (1973)
Bargain with Death (1974)
Time of Terror (1975)
The 14 Dilemma (1976)
Death After Breakfast (1978)
Random Killer (1979)
Beware Young Lovers (1980)
Murder in Luxury (1981)
With Intent to Kill (1982)
Murder in High Places (1983)
Remember to Kill Me (1984)
Murder Round the Clock (1985)
Nightmare Time (1986)
Murder Goes Round and Round (1988)
The Cannibal Who Overate (1962)
The Shape of Fear (1964)
The Evil That Men Do (1966)
The Golden Trap (1967)
Girl Watcher's Funeral (1969)
The Gilded Nightmare (1969)
The Deadly Joke (1971)
Birthday, Deathday (1973)
Walking Dead Man (1973)
Bargain with Death (1974)
Time of Terror (1975)
The 14 Dilemma (1976)
Death After Breakfast (1978)
Random Killer (1979)
Beware Young Lovers (1980)
Murder in Luxury (1981)
With Intent to Kill (1982)
Murder in High Places (1983)
Remember to Kill Me (1984)
Murder Round the Clock (1985)
Nightmare Time (1986)
Murder Goes Round and Round (1988)
John Jericho
1. Sniper (1966)
2. Hide Her from Every Eye (1966)
3. The Creeping Hours (1967)
4. Dead Woman of the Year (1968)
5. Girl with Six Fingers (1970)
6. A Plague of Violence (1972)
1. Sniper (1966)
2. Hide Her from Every Eye (1966)
3. The Creeping Hours (1967)
4. Dead Woman of the Year (1968)
5. Girl with Six Fingers (1970)
6. A Plague of Violence (1972)
Julian Quist
Don't Drop Dead Tomorrow (1971)
Champagne Killer (1972)
Beautiful Dead (1973)
The Judas Freak (1974)
Honeymoon with Death (1975)
Die After Dark (1976)
The Steel Palace (1977)
Deadly Trap (1978)
Homicidal Horse (1979)
Death Mask (1980)
Sow Death, Reap Death (1981)
Past, Present, and Murder (1982)
Murder Out of Wedlock (1983)
Substitute Victim (1984)
The Party Killer (1986)
Kill and Kill Again (1987)
Don't Drop Dead Tomorrow (1971)
Champagne Killer (1972)
Beautiful Dead (1973)
The Judas Freak (1974)
Honeymoon with Death (1975)
Die After Dark (1976)
The Steel Palace (1977)
Deadly Trap (1978)
Homicidal Horse (1979)
Death Mask (1980)
Sow Death, Reap Death (1981)
Past, Present, and Murder (1982)
Murder Out of Wedlock (1983)
Substitute Victim (1984)
The Party Killer (1986)
Kill and Kill Again (1987)
Novels
Cat and Mouse (1944)
Chinese Nightmare (1951)
Where the Snow Was Red (1951)
The Assassins (1955)
The Kingdom of Death (1961)
The Deadly Friend (1962)
The Tarnished Angel (1963)
The Day the Children Vanished (1976)
Murder as Usual (1977)
The Battles of Jericho (2008)
Chinese Nightmare (1951)
Where the Snow Was Red (1951)
The Assassins (1955)
The Kingdom of Death (1961)
The Deadly Friend (1962)
The Tarnished Angel (1963)
The Day the Children Vanished (1976)
Murder as Usual (1977)
The Battles of Jericho (2008)
Collections
Anthologies containing stories by Hugh Pentecost
Police Procedurals (2005)
(Academy Mystery Novellas, book 2)
edited by
Martin H Greenberg and Bill Pronzini
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