The Corpse Came Calling by Brett Halliday

Mike Shayne is accused of homicide after a dying man stumbles into his office

Robert McGinnis Cover

A corpse dropped in for cocktails 

Mike Shayne was more than a little disturbed. The police were not pleased either. How, they asked, could a man with three bullets in his chest drive to Mike's apartment, cross the lobby, take the elevator, and die only after he had reached Mike's door.  A good question and Shayne had to find an answer. Especially since it seemed so obvious that the principal cause of death had to be.... Mike Shayne.

Printing History

Written by Davis Dresser (1904-1977)

Dodd, Mead, and Company

1942

Dell Publishing Company
#168
April 1947

#342
September 1949
 

#842

March 1955

#D401

January 1961

#1496 

March 1964

Bonus Cover