Peter Rabe was born in Germany as Peter Rabinowitsch in 1921,immigrating to the U.S. with his father in 1938 to escape the Nazis. Heenrolled at Ohio State University and received his Ph.D. in psychologyfrom Western Reserve in Cleveland. Married, he began his writing careerby turning in a humorous story about the birth of his first daughter.Soon after, he began submitting hardboiled stories to Gold Medal wherehe found an enthusiastic editor and a ready market.
After a divorce, health problems and the death of the paperbackoriginal, Rabe eventually quit writing and took up teaching psychologyat California Polytechnic State University in the late 60's. He died in1990 at his home in Atascadero, California.
After a divorce, health problems and the death of the paperbackoriginal, Rabe eventually quit writing and took up teaching psychologyat California Polytechnic State University in the late 60's. He died in1990 at his home in Atascadero, California.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Daniel Port
Dig My Grave Deep (1956)
It's My Funeral (1957)
The Out Is Death (1957)
The Cut of the Whip (1958)
Bring Me Another Corpse (1959)
Dig My Grave Deep (1956)
It's My Funeral (1957)
The Out Is Death (1957)
The Cut of the Whip (1958)
Bring Me Another Corpse (1959)
Manny DeWitt
Girl in a Big Brass Bed (1965)
The Spy Who Was Three Feet Tall (1966)
Code Name Gadget (1967)
Girl in a Big Brass Bed (1965)
The Spy Who Was Three Feet Tall (1966)
Code Name Gadget (1967)
Mannix (as by J T MacCargo)
1. The Faces of Murder (1975)
2. A Fine Day for Dying (1975)
3. A Walk On the Blind Side (1975)
4. Round Trip to Nowhere (1975)
1. The Faces of Murder (1975)
2. A Fine Day for Dying (1975)
3. A Walk On the Blind Side (1975)
4. Round Trip to Nowhere (1975)
Novels
Benny Muscles In (1955)
From Here to Maternity (1955)
A Shroud for Jesso (1955)
Stop This Man! (1955)
A House in Naples (1956)
Kill the Boss Good-bye (1956)
Agreement to Kill (1957)
Journey Into Terror (1957)
Blood on the Desert (1958)
Mission for Vengeance (1958)
Time Enought to Die (1959)
Anatomy of a Killer (1960)
Murder Me for Nickels (1960)
My Lovely Executioner (1960)
The Box (1962)
His Neighbor's Wife (1962)
Her High-School Lover (1963) (as by Marco Malaponte)
New Man in the House (1963) (as by Marco Malaponte)
Tobruk (1969)
War of the Dons (1973)
Black Mafia (1974)
From Here to Maternity (1955)
A Shroud for Jesso (1955)
Stop This Man! (1955)
A House in Naples (1956)
Kill the Boss Good-bye (1956)
Agreement to Kill (1957)
Journey Into Terror (1957)
Blood on the Desert (1958)
Mission for Vengeance (1958)
Time Enought to Die (1959)
Anatomy of a Killer (1960)
Murder Me for Nickels (1960)
My Lovely Executioner (1960)
The Box (1962)
His Neighbor's Wife (1962)
Her High-School Lover (1963) (as by Marco Malaponte)
New Man in the House (1963) (as by Marco Malaponte)
Tobruk (1969)
War of the Dons (1973)
Black Mafia (1974)
Omnibus editions show
Books containing stories by Peter Rabe
Dark Crimes (1991)
Great Noir Fiction from the '40s to the '90s
(Dark Crimes, book 1)
edited by
Ed Gorman
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