Richard s prather books

Shell scott should be in the top ten of any readers list of favorite private eyes. Author richard s prathers complete list of books and series in order, with the latest releases, covers, descriptions and availability. Prathers find this woman was published in 1951, the third book prather had published that year the other two were bodies in bedlam and everybody had a gunthis is shell scotts fourth adventure and prather is still experimenting with his formula. Ive not read prather before, though ive long heard of the shell scott books. Other books in the series show scott threatened by zombies or. The death gods was published by pendleton artists, made available in print and ebook formats. In 194041 he spent a year at riverside junior college now riverside community college. Prather and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at.

Some of the overviews i read compared his work to westlake, or the mike hammer books, or brett hallidays books. Richard scott prather was an american mystery novelist, best known for creating the shell scott series. Prather wrote over forty books in the series, starting with the first, the case of the vanishing beauty in 1950. Prathers creation, shell scott, was the second most popular private detective after spillanes mike hammer of the 1950s. Thriftbooks sells millions of used books at the lowest everyday prices. At one point, he had a dispute with pocket books, and gave up writing and grew avocados. Download audiobooks by richard s prather at and save. Prather, a hugely popular mystery writer of the 1950s and 60s, was known for novels with swift violence, loopy humor and an astonishing number of characters with no clothes on. Prather, a hugely popular mystery writer of the 1950s and 60s. I remember buying a copy of that edition just for the cover, even though id already read the book in one of the earlier editions.

Threes a shroud pb 1957 gga at the best online prices at ebay. Prather was the author of the world famous shell scott detective series, which has over 40,000,000 copies in print in the u. For those of you who want to catch up on your richard prather reading, innumerable stores stock his books in the used section. Mar 28, 2007 but prather s story was good enough for meredith to take him on as a client, and sell his next novel, the case of the vanishing beauty 1950, to gold medal books, already the leading publisher of.

Prather, including case of the vanishing beauty, the trojan hearse and many more. Prather s bestselling audiobooks and newest titles. Comstocks daughter, pat willis of springville, california. Anyway, it was a fun experiment and now i will look for more books by prather, since the writing is fine and there are some great paperback covers. He served in the united states merchant marine during world war ii, from 1942 through the end of the war in 1945. Prather was the bestselling creator of detective shell scott, star of three dozen books over the last half century. Unfollow richard s prather to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. If my pockets were a bit deeper i could have snaffled up a load of the series, but. Richard s prather audiobooks download instantly today. Prather 19212007 was the author of the worldfamous shell scott detective series, which has over forty million copies in print in the united states and many millions more in foreignlanguage editions abroad. Either way, fans were happy when richard s prather books returned to the shelves, starting with the amber effect in 1986.

This lasted nine years until 1986s the amber effect. Or if you prefer ebooks, you can get all 40 online. Prather had a long and successful writing career and it was in 1950 that richards first shell scott mystery novel, the case of the vanishing beauty, was published by fawcetts gold medal paperback originals. Prather made his debut as a novelist in 1950 with the novel the case of the vanishing beauty. Prather audio books, best sellers, author bio audible. His women offered paradise for a price in the cutthroat world of organized crime, tony romero was headed straight for the top. Download and enjoy your favorite richard s prather audiobooks instantly today to your mobile phone, tablet, laptop or desktop at. Prather, donald hamilton, erle stanley gardner, stephen marlowe, leslie charteris, brett halliday, ed mcbain and others of that ilk, whose names escape me now. The complete series list for shell scott richard s. He sold more than 40m books, taking scott through 40 novels over a period of 36 years. Mar 31, 2017 richard prather was born in santa ana, california.

At prathers death in 2007, he had completed but not published his last shell scott mystery. Prather published over 40 works of detective fiction, most featuring his clever, cadabouttown hero, shell scott. Prather, often found himself similar unique situation throughout the series of forty novels, published between 1950 and 1987. Prathers name to the american heritage center, manuscript collections, university. We personally assess every books quality and offer rare, outofprint treasures. Prather and explore their bibliography from s richard s.

They bring back the 1950s in a goodnatured and rather innocent way. This was several years after richards death in 2007. I think i have read them all at one time or another except for the ones from 1972 on. Three s a shroud pb 1957 gga at the best online prices at ebay. I have to thank christa faust for first getting me interested in looking for the richard prather books. The last, the death gods was published posthumously in 2011. Prather described shell scott as an exmarine who had the tip of his left ear clipped off by a bullet while serving in the pacific theater. Prather was the author of the worldfamous shell scott detective series, which has over forty million copies in print in the united states and many millions more in hundreds of foreignlanguage editions. The formula paid off for prather, who has died aged 85.

Richard scott prather september 9, 1921 february 14, 2007 was an american mystery. Prather shell scott as may be obvious by now, i am on a shell scott kick. Jan 15, 2016 some of the overviews i read compared his work to westlake, or the mike hammer books, or brett halliday s books. Incredibly popular in its day prather sold over 40 million copies of. Apr 01, 2014 take a murder, darling ebook written by richard s. She says her book money shot would never have been written had she not read the shell scott books.

Prather, whose mystery stories about shell scott, a former marine. Seedy dives and femme fatales with legs up to here, broken noses and broken dreams, cheap thugs and cheaper hooch swigged out of an office bottle. Prather, who passed away february 2007, peacefully in his sleep at his. Richard prather came to mind recently as i was looking through the gorgeous robert mcginnis book of paperback cover paintings edited by art scott last year. Prathers name to the american heritage center, manuscript collections, university of wyoming, laramie. Prather, whose mystery stories about shell scott, a former marine turned private investigator, were set in southern california, died. Im rereading the books i have and looking for those that i dont have but have read sometime in the past.

More than 40 million copies of prathers books have been sold in the united states alone. The shell scott stories were as powerful as a gutwrenching spillane story, but us. Discover book depositorys huge selection of richard s prather books online. Prather shell scott mystery series, book 10 from books in. Prather, a hugely popular mystery writer of the 1950s and 60s, was known for novels with swift violence, loopy humor and an astonishing number of. Over the next thirtyodd years, prather put his name on close to fifty books. Prather, including the sweet ride, and the peddler, and more on.

His successful and bestselling shell scott series of thirtysix novels plus four short story. Prather has 71 books on goodreads with 5269 ratings. It is possible that richard actually found some satisfaction in growing avocadoes, which he did for a while. The series consists of fortytwo titles to its name, and the books that make the series up are the following. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read take a murder, darling. These were fairly recent acquisitions found at an oxfam bookshop in aylesbury. Prather kill the clown pulp fiction art pulp art vintage book covers comic book covers send in the clowns sci fi horror book cover art book tv magazine art. There are fortyone volumes in the series, including four collections of short stories and novelettes. Isbn 9781614531630 9781614531630 books in motion, 2012. He also wrote under the pseudonyms david knight and douglas ring. Prather received the life achievement award from the private eye writers of america in 1986.

Discover more authors youll love listening to on audible. For more information log on to dean davis richard s. Feb 25, 2003 discover book depository s huge selection of richard s prather books online. Pulp fiction book fiction novels detective werewolf stories private eye rare images pulp art classic books vintage comics. Because illustrator robert mcginnis drew the covers for so many of his novels over the decades including the latest peddler front, there might be no other more fitting tribute to richard s. September 9, 1921 february 14, 2007 was an american mystery novelist, best known for creating the shell scott series. Prathers books in order of when they were first released. If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author. Oct 14, 2011 this is the biography page for richard s. Prathers famous series, the shell scott series, were published in two different centuries and seven different decades. Prathers memory than to look back at some of the old shell scott paperbacks, a gallery of which can be found here. Prather shell scott s seven slaughters gold medal books s1072 published 1961 cover artist. But prathers story was good enough for meredith to take him on as a client, and sell his next novel, the case of the vanishing beauty 1950, to gold medal books, already the leading publisher of. Growing up in the 50s and 60s i practically inhaled the books of richard s.