КЛАССИКА ДЕТЕКТИВНОЙ БЕЛЛЕТРИСТИКИ [HARD-BOILED]
Когда мы говорим о крутом детективе, нельзя не вспомнить о Роберте Беллеме, может не столь одаренном, как его коллеги Раймонд Чандлер, Дешилл Хэммет, или Росс Макдональд но не меннее популярным в то время.
Роберт Лесли Беллем родился 19 июля 1902 года. Литературные псевдонимы Ellery Watson Calder, Harley L. Court, Walt Bruce, John Grange, Nelson Kent, Kenneth A. Nelson, John A. Saxon, Jerome Severs Perry, Richard Lathrop Steed & Harcourt Weems. Прежде чем стать писателем Беллем работал в Лос-Анджелесе в качестве репортера газеты, диктором на радио и телевидении. Уже позднее после спада интереса к журнальным произведениям Беллем работал на телевидении. Он работал над адаптацией для телевидения таких известных произведений как Приключения Супермена (версия 1950 года) и сериал о Перри Мейсоне.
До ухода на телестудию он был известен как плодовитый писатель журнальных публикаций (pulp magazine). Он писал в самых разных под-жанрах детектива, включая журналы где детективное расследование подавалось с добавлением сексуального контекста Spicy Detective.
Самым известным героем Беллема является крутой голливудский детектив Дэн Тернер Dan Turner, чьи похождения начинались как в журналах с детективными рассказами и сексуальным фоном, но переросли в обычные детективы. Особый колорит этим рассказам придавало наличие жаргона, что являлось необычным явлением для тех лет.
Беллем являлся хозяином и издателем журнала Hollywood Detective, который существовал с января 1942 по октябрь 1950. Среди других популярных героев, созданных Беллемом был Ник Рэнсом Nick Ransom, Jeff Quinlan, Sam Welpton, Cliff Downey, Little Jack Horner, Rusty Regan, Sergeant Nolan и Duke Pizzatello. Всего в наследии писателя насчитывается боле трех тысяч рассказов. Наиболее известный его роман Blue Murder Phoenix Press, 1938.
Библиография рассказов и небольших повестей далеко не полная. Даже сам автор не смог написать весь список своей короткой прозы.
Роберт Лесли Беллем родился 19 июля 1902 года. Литературные псевдонимы Ellery Watson Calder, Harley L. Court, Walt Bruce, John Grange, Nelson Kent, Kenneth A. Nelson, John A. Saxon, Jerome Severs Perry, Richard Lathrop Steed & Harcourt Weems. Прежде чем стать писателем Беллем работал в Лос-Анджелесе в качестве репортера газеты, диктором на радио и телевидении. Уже позднее после спада интереса к журнальным произведениям Беллем работал на телевидении. Он работал над адаптацией для телевидения таких известных произведений как Приключения Супермена (версия 1950 года) и сериал о Перри Мейсоне.
До ухода на телестудию он был известен как плодовитый писатель журнальных публикаций (pulp magazine). Он писал в самых разных под-жанрах детектива, включая журналы где детективное расследование подавалось с добавлением сексуального контекста Spicy Detective.
Самым известным героем Беллема является крутой голливудский детектив Дэн Тернер Dan Turner, чьи похождения начинались как в журналах с детективными рассказами и сексуальным фоном, но переросли в обычные детективы. Особый колорит этим рассказам придавало наличие жаргона, что являлось необычным явлением для тех лет.
Беллем являлся хозяином и издателем журнала Hollywood Detective, который существовал с января 1942 по октябрь 1950. Среди других популярных героев, созданных Беллемом был Ник Рэнсом Nick Ransom, Jeff Quinlan, Sam Welpton, Cliff Downey, Little Jack Horner, Rusty Regan, Sergeant Nolan и Duke Pizzatello. Всего в наследии писателя насчитывается боле трех тысяч рассказов. Наиболее известный его роман Blue Murder Phoenix Press, 1938.
Библиография рассказов и небольших повестей далеко не полная. Даже сам автор не смог написать весь список своей короткой прозы.
БОЛЕЕ ПОДРОБНО О РАЗЛИЧНЫХ СЕРИЙНЫХ СЫЩИКАХ РОБЕРТА ЛЕСЛИ БЕЛЛЕМА & БИБЛИОГРАФИЯ
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Романы
● Blue Murder Phoenix Press, 1938 —
● Half-Past Mortem 1947
as by John A. Saxon
insurance investigator Sam Whelpton —
● Liability Limited 1947
aka "This Was No Accident
as by John A. Saxon
insurance investigator Sam Whelpton —
● The Window with the Sleeping Nude 1950 — -
Dan Turner
Дэн Тёрнер, также известный как Голливудский сыщик — вымышленный Р.Л.Беллемом частный детектив. Впервые он появился на страницах второго выпуска pulp-журнала Spicy Detective в июне 1934 года, и произведения о нём продолжали публиковаться в этом журнале (в 1943 году переименованном в Speed Detective) до его закрытия в феврале 1947 года. Они также печатались в “собственном” журнале этого персонажа “Hollywood Detective”, выпускавшемся издательством Culture Publications (позднее Trojan Publishing) с января 1942 года по октябрь 1950 года.
Дэн Тёрнер - типичный частный сыщик из hard-boiled, работающий в лос-анджелесском районе Голливуд. Действие большинства сюжетов происходит на киностудиях или рядом с ними, а в преступления вовлечены люди из кино-бизнеса - звёзды, каскадёры, продюсеры, агенты по кастингу, люди из массовки и бесконечное множество гламурных старлеток. Книги о Дэне Тёрнере примечательны подчёркиванием сексуальных аспектов, хотя на них чаще намекают, чем прямо описывают.
Большинство произведений о Дэне Тёрнере написал сам Беллем, имевший опыт работы в массовке и знавший Голливуд изнутри. В "Hollywood Detective" также печатались комиксы о Тёрнере, нарисованные Max Plaisted. В иллюстрациях к произведениям Беллема образ Тёрнера впервые создал Адольф Барро Adolphe Barreaux.
Все произведения о Дэне Тёрнере написаны от первого лица, придающим им особый колорит живым, изобилующем слэнгом стилем. Оружие в его произведениях никогда не называется просто револьвер или пистолет, а “стволы”, “пушки”, “пукалки” и т.д и т.п. Женщины не просто “женщина”, а “крошки”, “малышки” или “куколки”.
Несмотря на свои связи в Голливудом, в то время Тёрнер появился только в одном фильме, “Шантаж” (англ. Blackmail) — фильм нуар режиссёра Лесли Селандера, который вышел на экраны в 1947 году., по мотивам одного из рассказов самого Беллема. Гораздо позже, в 1990 году, был снят “The Raven Red Kiss-Off”, также известный “Dan Turner, Hollywood Detective”. Автором сценария был John Wooley на основе рассказа Беллема “Homicide Highball”, опубликованного в феврале 1950 года в “Hollywood Detective”.
© Перевод Роджера Шерингэма● Murder by Proxy [(ss) jun 1934]
● Diamonds of Death [(nv) jul 1934]
● Dead Man’s Bed [(ss) aug 1934]
● Sleeping Dogs [[(ss) sep 1934]
● Murder at Malibu [(ss) oct 1934]
● Murder for Fame [(ss) nov 1934]
● Girl with Green Eyes [(ss) dec 1934]
● The Corpse in the Cabinet [(ss) jan 1935]
● Death on Location [(ss) feb 1935]
● The Horoscope Case [(ss) mar 1935] — ДЕЛО О ГОРОСКОПЕ 1. “Форум любителей детектива”, 25 ноября 2020
● Bullet From Nowhere [(ss) april 1935] — ПУЛЯ ИЗ НИОТКУДА 1. “Форум любителей детектива”, июнь 2020
● Temporary Corpse [(ss) may 1935]
● Murder Masquerade [(ss) jun 1935]
● Five Grand Fee [(ss) jul 1935]
● Two-Time Corpse [(ss) aug 1935]
● Voice from Beyond [(ss) sep 1935]
● Death’s Bright Halo [(ss) oct 1935]
● Beyond Justice [(ss) Nov 1935]
● Murder’s Messenger [(ss) Dec 1935]
● A Comet Passes [(ss) jan 1936]
● Cool Her Off [(ss) feb 1936]
● A Million in Celluloid [(ss) mar 1936]
● Green Ticket [(ss) apr 1936]
● Cooked! [(ss) may 1936] — ЗАПАХЛО ЖАРЕНЫМ антология “Криминальное чтиво и не только. Американский детектив первой половины XX века”
М.: АСТ: Corpus, декабрь 2019 г.
● The Million Buck Snatch [(ss) jun 1936]
● The Second Dagger [(ss) jul 1936]
● Dead Man’s Head [(ss) aug 1936]
● Falling Star [(ss) sep 1936]
● Silverscreen Spectre [(ss) oct 1936]
● Murder for Metrovox [(ss) nov 1936]
● Crooner’s Caress [(ss) dec 1936]
● Unfinished Melody [(ss) jan 1937]
● Death’s Diary! [(ss) feb 1937]
● Gallows Still [(ss) mar 1937]
● Death for a Name [(ss) apr 1937]
● Gypsum Blizzard [(ss) may 1937]
● Death’s Agent [(ss) jun 1937]
● Murder on the Sound Stage [(nv) jun 1937]
● Corpse in the Closet [(ss) Jul 1937]
● Star Chamber [(ss) aug 1937]
● Murderer’s Error [(ss) sep 1937]
● Perjury’s Playback [(nv) oct 1937]
● Veiled Lady [(ss) oct 1937]
● Find That Corpse [(ss) nov 1937]
● Hate’s Harvest [(ss) dec 1937]
● Dark Star of Death [(ss) jan 1938]
● Killer’s Quota [(ss) feb 1938]
● Telephone Tryst [(ss) mar 1938]
● Silverscreen Shakedown [(ss) apr 1938]
● Brunette Bump-Off [(ss) may 1938]
● Color Scheme [(ss) jun 1938]
● Killer’s Harvest [(ss) jul 1938]
● Pleasure Peddler [(ss) aug 1938]
● Alimony League [(ss) sep 1938]
● Dummy Kill [(ss) oct 1938]
● Blackmail from Beyond [(ss) nov 1938]
● Death’s High Parallel [(ss) dec 1938]
● Final Fade-Out [(ss) jan 1939]
● Crimson Quest [(ss) feb 1939]
● Gentleman’s Code [(ss) mar 1939]
● Design for Dying [(ss) apr 1939]
● Death Tank [(ss) may 1939]
● Death on Ice [(ss) jun 1939]
● Dog Eat Dog [(ss) jul 1939]
● Photograph Finish [(ss) aug 1939]
● Rifle Mike [(ss) sep 1939]
● Serpent’s Tooth [(ss) oct 1939]
● Bund Blockade [(ss) nov 1939]
● Contract to Kill [(ss) dec 1939]
● Skyrocket’s Husband [(ss) jan 1940]
● Badger Bump [(ss) feb 1940]
● Monster’s Menace [(ss) mar 1940]
● Murder Claws [(ss) apr 1940]
● Murder Montage [(ss) may 1940]
● Drunk, Disorderly, and Dead [(nv) jun 1940]
● Thug’s Threshold [(ss) jun 1940]
● Death Dubbed In [(ss) jul 1940]
● Crimson Ritual [(ss) aug 1940]
● Death’s Blue Discs [(ss) sep 1940]
● Murder’s Escorts [(ss) oct 1940]
● Premiere in Purgatory [(ss) nov 1940]
● Death’s Passport [(ss) dec 1940]
● Murder’s Middleman [(ss) jan 1941]
● Cat Act [(na) feb 1941]
● Reckoning in Red [(ss) mar 1941]
● Killer’s Cue [(ss) apr 1941]
● Future Book [(ss) may 1941]
● Property of Death [(ss) jun 1941]
● Death by Arraugement [(ss) jul 1941]
● Witch Hunt [(ss) aug 1941]
● Barmecide Bride [(ss) sep 1941]
● Murder’s Ten Percent [(ss) oct 1941]
● Picture Frame [(nv) nov 1941]
● Crimson Comedy [(ss) dec 1941]
● Death Dance [(nv) jan 1942]
● Death in the Doghouse [(ss) feb 1942]
● Shouldn’t Happen to a Dog [(nv) mar 1942]
● Gas-House Still [(ss) apr 1942]
● Murder Done Twice [(ss) , apr 1942] — УБИЙСТВО, СОВЕРШЕННОЕ ДВАЖДЫ 1. “Форум любителей детектива”, февраль 2020
● Payoff on Peril [(ss) apr 1942]
● Ace in the Hole [(ss) may 1942]
● Killer’s Keepsake [(ss) jun 1942]
● Blackmail Book [(nv) jul 1942]
● Blizzard in August [(ss) jul 1942]
● Blonde Motive [(ss) jul 1942]
● Death Drop [(ss) jul 1942]
● Lady Scarface [(ss) jul 1942]
● Puzzle in Purple [(nv) jul 1942]
● Ransomed Remainders [(ss) jul 1942]
● Spur of the Moment [(ss) jul 1942]
● Forgery’s Foil [(ss) aug 1942]
● Death in the Draft [(ss) sep 1942]
● Death’s Dark Star [(ss) oct 1942]
● Four Minutes Past Nine [(nv) oct 1942]
● Homicide Haunt [(ss) oct 1942]
● Judas Jewels [(ss) oct 1942]
● Phantom Faugs [(ss) oct 1942]
● Telephone Taugle [(ss) oct 1942]
● Riddle in Red [(ss) nov 1942]
● Broken Melody [(ss) dec 1942]
● The Color of Murder [(ss) dec 1942]
● Corpse by Mistake [(ss) dec 1942]
● Daughter of Murder [(ss) dec 1942]
● Killer’s Union [(ss) dec 1942]
● League of Leeches [(nv) dec 1942]
● Malibu Mess [(ss) dec 1942]
● Petticoat Payoff [(ss) dec 1942]
● Eyes of the Dead [(ss) jan 1943]
● Glittering Clue [(ss) jan 1943]
● Headlines in Hell [(ss) jan 1943]
● Homicide Parallel [(ss) jan 1943]
● Murder in Yellow [(ss) jan 1943]
● The Murdered Mummy [(cs) jan 1943]
● Riddle in the Rain [(ss) jan 1943]
● Snake Taugle [(ss) jan 1943]
● Arrow from Nowhere [(ss) feb 1943]
● The Case of the Vanishing Limousine [(ss) feb 1943]
● The Dame Dies Twice [(nv) feb 1943]
● Feature Snatch [(ss) feb 1943]
● Heads You Lose [(ss) feb 1943]
● Homicide Hunch [(ss) feb 1943]
● Murder’s Blue Motive [(ss) feb 1943]
● Phony Shakedown [(ss) feb 1943]
● The Case of the Slain Gorilla [(nv) mar 1943]
● Dead Man’s Shakedown [(ss) mar 1943]
● Gentlemen’s Jackpot [(nv) mar 1943]
● Killer’s Investment [(ss) mar 1943]
● Russian Run-Around [(ss) mar 1943]
● Satan’s Shrine [(ss) mar 1943]
● Sing a Song of Murder [(nv) mar 1943]
● Water Cooled [(nv) mar 1943]
● Three Blonde Mice [(ss) apr 1943]
● DEAD MAN’S GUILT — ПРЕСТУПЛЕНИЕ МЕРТВЕЦА 1. “Форум любителей детектива”, май 2021
● Death’s Escorts [(nv) may 1943]
● Dissolve Shot [(ss) may 1943]
● Kiss the Corpse Goodbye [(nv) may 1943]
● Monster’s Malice [(ss) may 1943] — ЗЛОБА ЗВЕРЯ 1. “Форум любителей детектива”, март 2021
● Shakedown Sham [(ss) may 1943]
● Star Dice [(nv) may 1943]
● Hurry with the Hearse [(ss) jun 1943]
● Bund Bump [(ss) jul 1943]
● Cast for Killing [(ss) jul 1943]
● Check Taugle [(ss) jul 1943]
● Death’s Blind Date [(ss) jul 1943]
● Homicide Bite [(ss) jul 1943]
● Murder Tank [(ss) jul 1943]
● Murder with Music [(cs) jul 1943]
● Shooting Schedule [(ss) jul 1943]
● Taps for a Trumpeter [(nv) aug 1943]
● Corpse on Ice [(ss) sep 1943]
● Death Begins at Forty [(ss) sep 1943]
● Dump the Jackpot [(nv) sep 1943]
● Harvest of Hate [(ss) sep 1943]
● Murder in Wax [(cs) sep 1943]
● Dead Man’s Code [(ss) oct 1943]
● Homicide Highball [(nv) oct 1943] — СМЕРТЕЛЬНЫЙ УДАР 1. “Форум любителей детектива”, май 2020● King-Size Kill [(ss) oct 1943]
● Murder Off the Record [(ss) oct 1943]
● Roman Holiday Murders [(cs) oct 1943]
● Death’s Dress Rehearsal [(ss) nov 1943]
● Half-Size Homicide [(nv) nov 1943]
● Murder in Miniature [(cs) nov 1943]
● The Case of the Homicide Dive [(cs) dec 1943]
● The Lake of the Left Hand Moon magazine Hollywood Detective, Dec 1943 — НЕПОДВИЖНАЯ ЛУНА 1. "Озеро странной луны" - сборник "Яд в коктейле", М.: Панас, 1992 г.
Сборник. Нальчик: Эль-Фа, 1997 г.
● Coffin Frame [(ss) jan 1944]
● Dead Heat [(ss) jan 1944]
● Focus on Death [(ss) jan 1944]
● Melodies of Murder [(ss) jan 1944]
● Widow by Proxy [(nv) jan 1944]
● Zoot Suit Killers [(cs) jan 1944]
● Killer’s Legacy [(ss) feb 1944]
● Over the Hill to the Death House [(ss) feb 1944]
● The Vanishing Vampire [(nv) feb 1944]
● Gun from Gotham [(ss) mar 1944]
● Killer’s Cure [(ss) mar 1944]
● Killer’s Foil [(cs) mar 1944]
● Odds on the 8-Ball [(ss) mar 1944]
● Corpse from the Sky [(cs) apr 1944]
● Pistol-Packing Premiere [(nv) apr 1944]
● 5 O’Clock Shadow [(ss) may 1944]
● Heel’s Blood [(na) may 1944]
● Killer’s Contract [(na) may 1944]
● Murder in the Air [(cs) may 1944]
● Killer’s Chord [(cs) jun 1944]
● Sleep for a Dreamer [(ss) jun 1944]
● The Tree of the Pointing Finger (na) jun 1944]
● Dan Turner Deals an Ace [(ss) jul 1944]
● Kidnap Ticket [(ss) jul 1944]
● Robot Killer [(cs) jul 1944]
● Stock Shot [(nv) jul 1944]
● Murder’s Mouthpiece [(ss) aug 1944]
● Pyramid of Death [(cs) aug 1944]
● Death in the Risk Racket [(ss) sep 1944]
● Murder at the Mike [(cs) sep 1944]
● Home Is the Killer [(ss) oct 1944]
● Killer’s Clue [(ss) oct 1944]
● Murder on Wings [(ss) oct 1944]
● Sinister Santa Claus [(cs) oct 1944]
● Stars Die at Night [(ss) oct 1944]
● Clever Corpse [(nv) nov 1944]
● Remake for Death [(nv) nov 1944]
● Trap for a Booby [(cs) nov 1944]
● Cue for a Killing [(nv) dec 1944]
● Death Leap [(cs) dec 1944]
● Deathbed Caper [(ss) dec 1944]
● Heel’s Heritage [(ss) dec 1944]
● Murder by the Book [(ss) dec 1944]
● Trump for the Ace [(ss) dec 1944]
● Murder Stunt [(cs) jan 1945]
● Death of a Cave-Man [(cs) feb 1945]
● Homicide Legacy [(nv) feb 1945]
● Morgue Case [(ss) feb 1945]
● Murder Has Four Letters [(ss) feb 1945]
● Death for a Matador [(cs) mar 1945]
● Death in the Cast [(ss) mar 1945]
● Death Is Where You Find It [(ss) mar 1945]
● Cameo Code [(ss) apr 1945]
● Comet’s Consort [(ss) apr 1945]
● Die, Witch, Die! [(ss) apr 1945]
● Quicksand Caper [(cs) apr 1945]
● Screen-Test Kill [(ss) apr 1945]
● Snatch Buster [(nv) apr 1945]
● Suicide Stunt [(nv) apr 1945]
● The Big Cut [(ss) may 1945]
● Cure for a Quisling [(ss) may 1945]
● Dead Ringer [(ss) may 1945]
● Lighthouse Snatch [(cs) may 1945]
● Dolly Shot [(ss) jun 1945]
● Homicide Flash [(nv) jun 1945]
● Murder Pane [(cs) jun 1945]
● The Dead Don’t Dream [(ss) jul 1945]
● Slave Market Murder [(cs) jul 1945]
● The Devil’s Ballet [(cs) aug 1945]
● Funeral Fade-Out [(ss) aug 1945]
● Pin-Up Corpse [(ss) aug 1945]
● Bury the Badger, oct 1945] —СМЕРТЬ БАРСУКА 1. “Форум любителей детектива”, апрель 2020
● Crazy for the Kill [(ss) oct 1945]
● Death for the Loser [(cs) oct 1945]
● Frame Around a Fall Guy [(ss) oct 1945]
● The Lady Regrets [(ss) oct 1945]
● The Book of the Phantom Bullet [(nv) dec 1945; also as “The Phantom Bullet”]
● Coffin for a Coward [(ss) dec 1945]
● Death in the Groove [(na) dec 1945]
● Dog’s Life [(nv) dec 1945]
● Homicide Double [(cs) dec 1945]
● Poison Payoff [(ss) dec 1945]
● Ruby Ransom [(nv) dec 1945]
● Green Heat [(ss) feb 1946]
● Homicide Surprise [(ss) feb 1946]
● Kill Me Again! [(ss) feb 1946]
● Killer in Clay [(cs) feb 1946]
● Murder—N.S.F. [(ss) feb 1946]
● Red Night [(ss) feb 1946]
● Syndicate Snatch [(ss) feb 1946]
● Arraugement for Murder [(ss) apr 1946]
● Faugs for the Memory [(ss) apr 1946]
● Freak Show [(ss) apr 1946]
● High Homicide [(cs) apr 1946]
● Homicide’s Partner [(ss) apr 1946]
● Murder from Music [(ss) apr 1946]
● Gold-Badge of Courage [(ss) may 1946]
● Death on the Needle [(cs) jul 1946]
● Dirge for a Phony [(ss) jul 1946]
● Key to the Kill [(ss) jul 1946]
● The Queen Was in Her Coffin [(nv) jul 1946]
● Serial Kill [(ss) jul 1946]
● Latin Blood [(ss) aug 1946]
● Death’s Magnet [(cs) sep 1946]
● Fall Guy for a Forgery [(ss) sep 1946]
● Homicide Hotfoot [(ss) sep 1946]
● Slow Burn [(ss) sep 1946]
● Wolf Trap [(ss) oct 1946]
● Alibi Policy [(cs) nov 1946]
● Careless Corpse [(nv) nov 1946]
● The Riddle Thumbs a Ride [(nv) nov 1946]
● Treachery Pulls the Trigger [(nv) nov 1946]
● Come Die for Me! [(nv) dec 1946]
● Crash Kill [(cs) jan 1947]
● Death’s Autograph [(ss) jan 1947]
● Hair of the Dog [(ss) jan 1947]
● Murder Strikes Back [(ss) jan 1947]
● Slay It isn’t So! [(ss) jan 1947] (
● Homicide Honeymoon [(nv) feb 1947]
● The Big Shiv [(cs) jun 1947]
● Encore for Death [(ss) jun 1947]
● You’re So Dead [(ss) jun 1947]
● Don’t Go Near the Slaughter [(ss) sep 1947]
● Lethal Lullaby [(nv) sep 1947]
● Murder Follows Me! [(ss) sep 1947]
● Murder Mine [(cs) sep 1947]
● Death Ends the Scene [(nv) may 1948]
● Models for Murder [(cs) may 1948]
● Wired Alibi [(ss) may 1948]
● Cinema Corpse [(nv) aug 1948]
● Mysto-Magic Murder [(cs) aug 1948]
● Homicide Spike [(nv) nov 1948]
● Off-Stage Murder [(nv) nov 1948]
● Pictures for Framing [(cs) nov 1948]
● Make with the Mayhem [(nv) feb 1949]
● Murder Muscles In [(nv) feb 1949]
● Straugler’s Ballet [(cs) feb 1949]
● Blackmail Bump-off [(cs) jun 1949]
● Body in the Closet [(ss) jun 1949]
● Slayer’s Serenade [(nv)jJun 1949]
● Kill with a Kiss! [(nv) oct 1949]
● Televised Frame [(cs) oct 1949]
● Triple-Edged Murder [(nv) oct 1949]
● Bullwhip Bump-Off [(cs) dec 1949]
● Music of Doom [(ss) dec 1949]
● Starring—Death! [(ss) dec 1949]
● Off-Stage Kill [(cs) jan 1950]
● Quickie Kill [(nv) jan 1950]
● Terror on the Doorstep [(nv) jan 1950]
● Death on the Set [(nv) feb 1950]
● Make-up for Murder [(cs) feb 1950]
● Model for a Corpse [(ss) feb 1950]
● Any Number Can Slay [(nv) mar 1950]
● Dive to Death [(cs) mar 1950]
● Doom on File [(nv) mar 1950]
● Action! Camera!—Drop Dead! [(nv) apr 1950]
● Bellyboard Bump-Off [(cs) apr 1950]
● Movie Mad—Murder Mad [(nv) apr 1950]
● Cast as a Corpse [(ss) may 1950]
● Death Trumps the Joker [(cs) may 1950]
● Screen Test for Murder [(nv) may 1950]
● Bear-Trap Kill [(cs) jun 1950]
● Cast for Murder [(nv) jun 1950]
● Cutie in a Coffin [(nv) jun 1950]
● The Corpse in Lower Nile [(cs) aug 1950]
● Murder Wears Makeup [(nv) aug 1950]
● Curtains for a Corpse [(ss) oct 1950]
● Death in the Spotlight [(ss) oct 1950]
● The Doomed Quartet [(ss) oct 1950] -
Nick Ransom
Какой частный детектив потеряет сознание от удара безногого и однорукого человека?
Голливудский каскадёр, ставший детективом, Ник Рэнсом был ещё одним частным сыщиком Роберта Лесли Беллема, хотя работа детективом, по крайней мере в начале, не являлась его официальной работой. Нет, он был владельцем “Риск Инкорпорейтед”, агентства, нанимавшего смельчаков и сорвиголов, которые соглашались на разнообразную работу, от каскадёрства до создания “захватывающих кадров” для различных голливудских студий.
Тем не менее, Рэнсом не протирал штаны в офисе. Он, конечно, щеголял пластиковым мундштуком с серебряной филигранью, который ему подарил клиент, но ещё он носил ствол под мышкой и знал, как его применить, даже если утверждал, что использует его только время от времени, чтобы “произвести впечатление на потенциальных клиентов”. Иногда Нику помогает приятель из отдела убийств, Уле Брунвиг, один из самых злых копов.
Первое появление Ника состоялось на страницах Detective Dime Novels, в апреле 1940 года, последнее – в августе 1950, в Thrilling Detective. Всего он появился в четырнадцати рассказах и повестях.
© Перевод Доктора Немо● Peril for Sale [(ss) apr 1940]
● Danger’s Delegate [(ss) jun 1940]
● Hazard’s Harvest [(ss) aug 1940]
● Jeopardy’s Jackpot [(ss) Oct 1940]
● Risks Redoubled [(nv) aug 1941]
● Suicide Scenario [(nv) feb 1948]
● Mahatma of Mayhem [(nv) apr 1948]● The 9th Doll [(nv) aug 1948]
● Serenade with Slugs [(nv) dec 1948]
● Homicide Shaft [(nv) Apr 1949]
● Preview of Murder (nv) Jun 1949]
● Puzzle in Peril [(nv) Oct 1949]
● Blind Man’s Fluff [(nv) Feb 1950]
● Murder Steals the Scene [(nv) Aug 1950] -
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• "Scoop!" (July 1934, Spicy Detective; Ted McFarland; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "The Waterloo of Willie the Dip" (September 1934; Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Bracelets for a Lady" (October 1934, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Fifty Grand in Rubies" (November 1934, Spicy Detective; John Allison; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Fog Over Limehouse" (February 1935, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Cop Trap" (March 1935, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Night Scene" (May 1935, Spicy Detective; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "Corpse Without a Face" (May 1935, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "The Cache Car" (May 1935, Spicy Detective; Ted McFarland; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Fangs of the Bat" (June 1935, Spicy Mystery)
• "Five-Grand Fee" (July 1935)
• "The Peacock Clue" (July 1935, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "The Executioner" (August 1935, Spicy Mystery)
• "Dead Legs Walk" (August 1935, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "Cats of Cassandra" (August 1935, Spicy Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder; aka as "Eyes of the Cat;" by R. L. Morris)
• "Mistress of Serpents" (September 1935, Spicy Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Master of Death" (September 1935, Spicy Mystery)
• "The Blood Drinkers" (September 1935, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "Command to Kill" (October 1935, Spicy Mystery)
• "The Belled Rat" (October 1935, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "Castle Sinister" (October 1935, Spicy Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Too Many Diamonds" (November 1935, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "The Man Who Was Not" (November 1935, Spicy Mystery)
• "Murder from Nowhere" (November 1935, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "The Fall of Frisco Freddie" (November 1935, Spicy Detective; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "The Crimson Crone" (December 1935, Spicy Mystery)
• "Labyrinth of Souls" (January 1936, Spicy Mystery)
• "Portrait of Terror" (January 1936, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "Shadows Pass" (February 1936, Spicy Mystery)
• "Graveyard Honeymoon" (February 1936, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "Murder Takes an Alibi" (February 1936, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Beyond the Veil" (March 1936, Spicy Mystery)
• "Dark Splendor" (March 1936, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "Taupoo Dance" (April 1936, Spicy Mystery)
• "Smuggler's Subterfuge" (April 1936, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder; aka "Trick of the Trade" by Richard Lathrop Steed)
• "Cavern of the Faceless" (May 1936, Spicy Mystery)
• "You Can't Try a Corpse" (May 1936, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "She Who Was Dead" (May 1936, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "Fate of the Faulains" (June 1936, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "Death's Chrysalis" (June 1936, Spicy Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder; aka "Death, Advanced Stage" by Walter Cook)
• "Death's Nocturne" (July 1936, Spicy Mystery)
• "Numbers" (July 1936, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder; aka "Pineapple Policy" by Perry Watson)
• "Code of Valor" (August 1936, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder; aka "Gold Code" by Richard Lathrop Steed)
• "Reunion Beyond" (August 1936, Spicy Mystery)
• "Flowers of Desire" (September 1936, Spicy Mystery)
• "Fatal Make-Up" (October 3, 1936, Detective Fiction Weekly; Buck Whalen)
• "Bullets at Bledsoe's" (October 1936, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "I Must Have Five Corpse" (November 1936, Spicy Mystery; by Jerome Severs Perry)
• "From the Sea" (December 1936, Spicy Mystery)
• "Death Orchids" (December 1936, Spicy Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder; aka "Dog of Death" by L. N. Snyder)
• "Death's Passenger" (December 1936, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Hell's Dark Fragrance" (December 1936, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "The Moon God Takes" (December 1936, Spicy Mystery)
• "A Deal for Denver Dave" (January 1937, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Bitter Reckoning" (March 1937, Spicy Mystery; Dr. Zarkov)
• "Sacrifice Rap" (April 1937, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "When the Dead Awaken" (April 1937, Spicy Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Murder Debt" (May 1937, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Thirty Seconds" (July 1937, Spicy Mystery; aka "30 Seconds Death;" Dr. Zarkov)
• "Death's Detour" (August 1937, Spicy Mystery; Dr. Zarkov)
• "Frozen Fire" (September 1937)
• "The Corpse Screams Twice" (September 1937, Spicy Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Gallows Heritage" (December 1937, Spicy Mystery; Dr. Zarkov)
• "Duty and the Beast" (January 1938, ; by Ellery Watson Calder)Spicy Detective
• "Killer's Method" (April 1938, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder; aka "Fifty Percent True" by Max Neilson)
• "Ghost Cavalcade" (June 1938, Spicy Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder; aka "Burn Witch Burn;" by Clark Nelson)
• "Front for a Killer" (July 1938, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Appointment with a Corpse" (September 1938, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Strange Journey" (October 1938, Spicy Mystery; Dr. Zarkov)
• "Drums in the Distance" (October 1938, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Payroll Pay-Off" (November 1938, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Dark Eyes of Hell" (December 1938, Spicy Mystery; Dr. Zarkov)
• "Ghost of the Sea" (February 1939, Spicy Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Murder Car" (February 1939, Private Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Kill That Deadline" (February 1939, Romantic Detective; Ken Fitch, City Editor)
• "Snow Flight" (March 1939, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Merely Murder" (April 1939, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Muggles Mess-Up" (May 1939, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Dead Lips Can't Talk" (July 1939, Spicy Detective; John Allison; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Bullet Pay-Off" (August 1939, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder; aka "For the Murderer;" by John Phillips)
• "Ringside Seat for Murder" (September 1939, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "The Corpse Accuses" (October 1939, Spicy Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Murder from the Grave" (October 1939, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Killers Running Wild" (November 1939, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Diamond Fingerprints" (June 1940,; by Ellery Watson Calder) Spicy Detective
• "Pinball Pay-Off" (July 1940, Private Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Study in Copper" (August 1940, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Angel in Hell" (December 1940, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Boomerang Blunder" (August 1941, Spicy Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Skyrocket Copper" (May 1942, Mammoth Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Blood Cargo (June 1942, Popular Detective; by Walt Bruce**; Dr. Zeng)
• "Sinister House (October 1942, Popular Detective; by Walt Bruce**; Dr. Zeng)
• "Hell's Ice-Box" (October 1942, Super-Detective; by John Grange*; Jim Anthony)
• "The Days of Death" (November 1942, Super-Detective; by John Grange*; Jim Anthony)
• "The Caribbean Cask" (December 1942, Super-Detective; by John Grange*; Jim Anthony)
• "Murder Between Shifts" (January 1943, Super-Detective; by John Grange*; Jim Anthony)
• "Cauldron of Death" (February 1943, Super-Detective; by John Grange*; Jim Anthony)
• "Camelback Kill (February 1943, Popular Detective; by Walt Bruce**; Dr. Zeng)
• "Murder's Migrants" (March 1943, Super-Detective; by John Grange*; Jim Anthony)
• "Death For a Flying Dutchman" (April 1943, Super-Detective; by John Grange*; Jim Anthony)
• "Homicide Heiress" (June 1943, Super-Detective; by John Grange*; Jim Anthony)
• "Lion's Loot (June 1943, Popular Detective; by Walt Bruce**; Dr. Zeng)
• "Curse of the Masters" (August 1943, Super-Detective; by John Grange*; Jim Anthony)
• "Homicide House" (August 1943, Speed Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Keeper of the Frame" (September 1943, Hollywood Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Corpse on Ice" (September 1943,; ) Hollywood DetectiveDan Turner
• "Homicide Plum" (September 1943, Hollywood Detective; by Jerome Severs Perry; Little Jack Horner)
• "Pipeline to Murder" (October 1943, Super-Detective; by John Grange*; Jim Anthony)
• "Coffin Bait" (November 1943, Hollywood Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Slice of Murder" (December 1943, Hollywood Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "The Seer Sees Death" (December 1943, Hollywood Detective; by Jerome Severs Perry; Little Jack Horner)
• "Blackmail Clinic (December 1943, Popular Detective; by Walt Bruce**; Dr. Zeng)
• "Killer's Credentials" (January 1944, Speed Mystery; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Stunt Men Die Hard" (February 1944, Hollywood Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder, Sam Devlin)
• "Murder at Auction" (March 1944, Hollywood Detective; by Jerome Severs Perry; Little Jack Horner)
• "Corpse Cargo (August 1944, Popular Detective; by Walt Bruce**; Dr. Zeng)
• "The Big Fix" (October 1944, Hollywood Detective; by Jerome Severs Perry; Little Jack Horner)
• "A Corpse Comes Home" (January 1945, Hollywood Detective; by Jerome Severs Perry; Little Jack Horner)
• "Corpse for a Day" (July 1946, Super-Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Graveyard Serenade" (July 1946, Private Detective Stories; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Island of Doom" (September 1946, Super-Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Gallows Dance" (October 1946, Speed Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Killery in the Card" (January 1947, Hollywood Detective; by Jerome Severs Perry; Little Jack Horner)
• "Reefer Reel" (June 1949, Hollywood Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Wire Trap" (October 1949, Super-Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Gambling Corpse" (February 1950, Super-Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Gambling Corpse" (February 1950, Super-Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Headline to Kill" (March 1950, Hollywood Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder)
• "Avenger in Red" (May 1950, Hollywood Detective; by Ellery Watson Calder) - ×
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