Women Are Poison — Brett Halliday

PERIL PRESS presents:
Detective Fiction Weekly, Oct 31 1936
Saint Detective Magazine, Dec 1954
WOMEN ARE POISON
by Davis Dressler
as by Brett Halliday (1954 publication)
as by Davis Dressler (1936 publication)
The Kid had the instincts of a cobra. But his vanity was elastic enough to cover his every act of viciousness -- until he met Mona.
There are few writers of mystery novels more industrious than Brett Halliday, or more consistently dedicated to a high level of excellence in the genre. He has written more than thirty whodunits, most of them about that tough, irrepressible Irishman, Mike Shayne. Although this isn't a Shayne story you'll find in it the author's characteristic vigorous realism, as he explores a career of fiendish criminality and deftly bares a killer's mind.
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The Fancy Kid, a detective precursor to Mike Shayne, is on the trail of murder in New Mexico.

This edition includes the cover to the issue of Detective Fiction Weekly That first published this story, plus a gallery of 19 covers of the Mike Shayne Detective Magazine from the 50's.