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About Richard S Prather
Richard Scott Prather (born September 9, 1921, died February 14, 2007[1]) was an American mystery novelist, best known for creating the "Shell Scott" series. He additionally wrote under the pseudonyms David Knight and Douglas Ring.
Series
Shell Scott
The Case of the Vanishing Beauty (1950)
Bodies in Bedlam (1951)
Everybody Had a Gun (1951)
Find This Woman (1951)
Dagger of Flesh (1952)
Pattern for Murder (1952) (writing as David Knight)
aka The Scrambled Yeggs
Way of a Wanton (1952)
Always Leave 'em Dying (1953)
Ride a High Horse (1953)
aka Too Many Crooks
Strip for Murder (1955)
The Wailing Frail (1956)
Slab Happy (1958)
Take a Murder, Darling (1958)
Double in Trouble (1959) (with Stephen Marlowe (Milton Lesser))
Over Her Dear Body (1959)
Dance with the Dead (1960)
Dig That Crazy Grave (1961)
Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters (1961)
Kill the Clown (1962)
Dead Heat (1963)
The Cockeyed Corpse (1964)
Joker in the Deck (1964)
The Trojan Hearse (1964)
Dead Man's Walk (1965)
Kill Him Twice (1965)
The Meandering Corpse (1965)
The Kubla Khan Caper (1966)
Gat Heat (1967)
The Cheim Manuscript (1969)
Kill Me Tomorrow (1969)
The Shell Scott Sampler (1969)
Shell Scott's Murder Mix (1970)
Dead-Bang (1971)
The Sweet Ride (1972)
The Sure Thing (1975)
The Amber Effect (1986)
Shellshock (1987)
The Case of the Vanishing Beauty (1950)
Bodies in Bedlam (1951)
Everybody Had a Gun (1951)
Find This Woman (1951)
Dagger of Flesh (1952)
Pattern for Murder (1952) (writing as David Knight)
aka The Scrambled Yeggs
Way of a Wanton (1952)
Always Leave 'em Dying (1953)
Ride a High Horse (1953)
aka Too Many Crooks
Strip for Murder (1955)
The Wailing Frail (1956)
Slab Happy (1958)
Take a Murder, Darling (1958)
Double in Trouble (1959) (with Stephen Marlowe (Milton Lesser))
Over Her Dear Body (1959)
Dance with the Dead (1960)
Dig That Crazy Grave (1961)
Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters (1961)
Kill the Clown (1962)
Dead Heat (1963)
The Cockeyed Corpse (1964)
Joker in the Deck (1964)
The Trojan Hearse (1964)
Dead Man's Walk (1965)
Kill Him Twice (1965)
The Meandering Corpse (1965)
The Kubla Khan Caper (1966)
Gat Heat (1967)
The Cheim Manuscript (1969)
Kill Me Tomorrow (1969)
The Shell Scott Sampler (1969)
Shell Scott's Murder Mix (1970)
Dead-Bang (1971)
The Sweet Ride (1972)
The Sure Thing (1975)
The Amber Effect (1986)
Shellshock (1987)
Novels
Darling, It's Death (1952)
Lie Down, Killer (1952)
The Peddler (1952) (writing as Douglas Ring)
Pattern for Panic (1954)
Dragnet: Case No. 561 (1956) (writing as David Knight)
Lie Down, Killer (1952)
The Peddler (1952) (writing as Douglas Ring)
Pattern for Panic (1954)
Dragnet: Case No. 561 (1956) (writing as David Knight)
Omnibus
Collections
Richard S Prather recommends
 The Thrill Kids (1955) Vin Packer "A real shocker!" |  So Nude, So Dead (1956) Richard Marsten "I defy any reader to put this novel down once he starts it." |
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