The Lighthouse; Publisha nd be Killed; Manila Bay

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form. A little about our authors:

Bill Pronzini & Marcia Muller: Pronzini wrote about 130 novels, novellas and collections. under a number of pen names, while also editing 90 anthologies of short stories. His most famous character is the Nameless Detective. Marsia Muller is Pronzini's wife and the author of 42 novels herself. This is one of eight novels they have produced as a team.

Anne Morice: Morice wrote 25 mysteries, 23 in her Tessa Crichton series, and two in her Tubby Wiseman series, which ended with her death in 1989. This is the 21st Tessa Crichton novel.

William Marshall: Australian William Marshall has published twenty four novels, sixteen of which are in his Hong Kong-based Yellowthread Street series. He has produced two other two novel series and four stand alone novels. This is the first of his two Manila Bay novels.