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The Private Practice of Michael Shayne

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The Private Practice of Michael Shayne
First edition
AuthorBrett Halliday
LanguageEnglish
GenreDetective
PublisherHenry Holt
Publication date
1940
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint

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

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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

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  1. ^ Backer p.107

Bibliography

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