Cleve F Adams
(1884 - 1949)aka John Spain
The missing link between Dashiell Hammett and James Ellroy, Cleve F. Adams wrote rambunctious, violent, corrosively cynical private eye fiction from the mid-1930s until his untimely death from pneumonia in 1949 at the age of 54. He also wrote as Franklin Charles and John Spain.
Series
Rex McBride Mystery
And Sudden Death (1940)
Sabotage (1940)
aka Death Before Breakfast
Decoy (1941)
aka Decoy Doll
Up Jumped the Devil (1943)
aka Murder All Over
The Crooking Finger (1944)
Death At The Dam (1946)
Shady Lady (1955)
And Sudden Death (1940)
Sabotage (1940)
aka Death Before Breakfast
Decoy (1941)
aka Decoy Doll
Up Jumped the Devil (1943)
aka Murder All Over
The Crooking Finger (1944)
Death At The Dam (1946)
Shady Lady (1955)
Novels
The Black Door (1941)
What Price Murder (1942)
The Evil Star (1944) (as by John Spain)
Contraband (1950)
aka Borderline Cases
What Price Murder (1942)
The Evil Star (1944) (as by John Spain)
Contraband (1950)
aka Borderline Cases
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