Dead Sure
by Herbert Brean /
2016 / English / EPUB
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When two fast-thinking copy shoot it out with Harry Derby and bring
him in for the murder of a grandmother, they aren't taking any
chances. They "add" a little evidence to help make the charges
stick. After all, they both know Harry is guilty. They did a good
job. So good that Harry is sure to get the electric chair...even if
he's innocent!
When two fast-thinking copy shoot it out with Harry Derby and bring
him in for the murder of a grandmother, they aren't taking any
chances. They "add" a little evidence to help make the charges
stick. After all, they both know Harry is guilty. They did a good
job. So good that Harry is sure to get the electric chair...even if
he's innocent!
Herbert Brean (1907-1973) was an American journalist and crime
fiction writer, best known for his recurring series characters
William Deacon and Reynold Frame. He was a director and former
executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America, a
group for which he also taught a class in mystery writing. Aside
from his seven mystery crime novels, he also published
non-fiction books and articles, and mystery magazine short
stories. Alfred Hitchcock used "A Case of Identity" (1953), one
of Brean's many articles for Life, as the basis for Hitchcock's
film The Wrong Man (1957).
Herbert Brean (1907-1973) was an American journalist and crime
fiction writer, best known for his recurring series characters
William Deacon and Reynold Frame. He was a director and former
executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America, a
group for which he also taught a class in mystery writing. Aside
from his seven mystery crime novels, he also published
non-fiction books and articles, and mystery magazine short
stories. Alfred Hitchcock used "A Case of Identity" (1953), one
of Brean's many articles for Life, as the basis for Hitchcock's
film The Wrong Man (1957).