The Private Practice of Michael Shayne

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The Private Practice of Michael Shayne
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First edition
Author Brett Halliday
Country United States
Language English
Genre Detective
Publisher Henry Holt
Publication date
1940
Media type Print

The Private Practice of Michael Shayne is a 1940 detective novel by the American writer Brett Halliday. It was the second book in Halliday's Michael Shayne series of novels, after Dividend on Death (1939).

Film adaptation

In the same year as its release, the novel was adapted into a film Michael Shayne, Private Detective starring Lloyd Nolan as the private detective hero. It started a film series made by Twentieth Century Fox featuring Nolan.[1]

References

  1. Backer p.107

Bibliography

  • Backer, Ron. Mystery Movie Series of 1940s Hollywood. McFarland, 2010.


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