Shell Scott

Shell Scott was the best-known creation of fiction writer Richard S. Prather. A Southern California private eye, 6-foot-2 ex-marine, he was featured in three dozen novels published over a span of nearly 40 years. The character remained 30 years old throughout.

Shell Scott novels
Case of the Vanishing Beauty — 	 1950
Bodies in Bedlam — 	 1951
Everybody Had a Gun — 	 1951
Find This Woman — 	 1951
Dagger of Flesh — 	 1952
Darling, It's Death —	 1952
Pattern for Murder a.k.a. The Scrambled Yeggs (as David Knight) — 1952
Way of a Wanton — 	 1952
 Always Leave 'em Dying — 	 1954
Pattern for Panic — 	published in 1954 with lead character named Cliff Morgan, re-written in 1961 with character's name changed to Shell Scott
Ride a High Horse a.k.a. Too Many Crooks —1956
 Strip for Murder — 	 1956
The Wailing Frail — 	 1956
The Deadly Darling — 	 1957
Have Gat - Will Travel (short stories) —	 1957
 Three's a Shroud (novelettes) — 1957
 Slab Happy — 	 1958
 Take a Murder, Darling — 	 1958
Over Her Dear Body, 1959.  Shell takes a dive off a yacht to find who killed a real estate agent.  He's almost drowned, shot, stabbed, and car-bombed before he finds the trail to a billion dollar freeway scam.
 Double in Trouble  (co-written with Stephen Marlowe and featuring his character Chester Drum working with Shell Scott) — 1959
 Dance with the Dead — 	 1960
Dig That Crazy Grave — 	 1961
Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters (short stories) —	 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 (short stories) — 1969
Dead-Bang — 	 1971
The Sweet Ride — 	 1972
The Sure Thing — 	 1975
The Amber Effect — 	 1986
Shellshock — 	 1987

Shell Scott Mystery Magazine
The Shell Scott Mystery Magazine was published under the imprint of the LeMarge Publishing Corporation, the name based on publisher Leo Margulies' name.  It lasted 9 issues in 1966.

External links
 The Richard S. Prather / Shell Scott Website

Category:Fictional private investigators