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  • Tales of the Northwest may have been Frederick Nebel's forte, but sadly these ultra-rare magazines don't turn up often and as a result, few readers have been able to enjoy these classics. This series-of which most of the stories have never before bee...



  • Following Donahue and Cardigan, Frederick Nebel's longest-running detective series featured the hard-boiled exploits of Sgt. Otto Herman "Brinky" Brinkhaus and Inspector Peter Larsen of the Portsend Detective Bureau as chronicled in the pages of Dete...



  • Tales of the Northwest may have been Frederick Nebel's forte, but sadly these ultra-rare magazines don't turn up often and as a result, few readers have been able to enjoy these classics. With this book, Altus Press brings these stories to modern rea...



  • Petty crooks, gangsters, rum runners, hijackers, jewel smugglers, Chinatown tongs, hard-boiled cops, tramp gunmen, a prize fighter, and a private dick. These are just a few of the characters found within the pages of this collection from master crime...



  • In the sweltering back alleys of St. Louis, a tough dick tracks a killer His name is Donahue, and he's the hardest private detective in the United States. From seedy hotel rooms to penthouse suites, he won't back down even when the bullets fly. Tod...



  • This is Black Mask at its best-slam-bang action, crackling dialogue and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain Steve MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Pre...



  • This is Black Mask at its best-slam-bang action, crackling dialogue and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain Steve MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Pre...



  • This is Black Mask at its best-slam-bang action, crackling dialogue and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain Steve MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Pre...



  • This is Black Mask at its best-slam-bang action, crackling dialogue and the keenest wit this side of Dashiell Hammett. Frederick Nebel was a master of the hardboiled school, and the nine-year saga of Captain Steve MacBride and Kennedy of the Free Pre...






  • The complete collection of fifteen stories starring one of pulp fiction's most hardened PIs, with accompanying illustrations It's hot in St. Louis, and Donahue is looking for a hired gun. An exNew York cop who got canned from the NYPD after raidin...



  • Frederick Nebel's unforgettable character Jack Cardigan was one of the main reasons behind the success of the legendary Dime Detective Magazine. His hard-boiled P.I. stories were a major influence to other writers of the era, yet only a handful have ...




  • They won't hurt if you lie still. Besides, I remember that clout on the head. . . Irene, you and I are going to have a very short conversation. First, let me tell you that Babe Delaney is in the hospital with a bullet in his guts. Alfred, that nice-f...



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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Frederick Nebel has published 14 books.

Frederick Nebel does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Frontier of Vengeance, was published in November 2022.

The first book by Frederick Nebel, Six Deadly Dames, was published in September 1980.

No. Frederick Nebel does not write books in series.