Richard S Prather Books in Order
Richard Scott Prather was an American mystery novelist, best known for creating the "Shell Scott" series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms David Knight and Douglas Ring.
Bibliography verified: January 2026
Book Series by Richard S Prather
- #1AmazonThe Case of the Vanishing Beauty(1950)
- #2AmazonBodies in Bedlam(1951)
- #3AmazonEverybody Had a Gun(1951)
- #4AmazonFind This Woman(1951)
- #5AmazonDagger of Flesh(1952)
- #6AmazonDarling, It's Death(1952)
- #7AmazonWay of a Wanton(1952)
- #8AmazonPattern for Murder / The Scrambled Yeggs(1952)
- #9AmazonAlways Leave 'em Dying(1953)
- #10AmazonRide a High Horse / Too Many Crooks(1953)
- #11AmazonPattern for Panic(1954)
- #12AmazonStrip for Murder(1956)
- #13AmazonThe Wailing Frail(1956)
- #14AmazonHave Gat - Will Travel(1957)
- #15AmazonThree's a Shroud(1957)
- #16AmazonSlab Happy(1958)
- #17AmazonTake a Murder, Darling(1958)
- #18AmazonOver Her Dear Body(1959)
- #19AmazonDouble in Trouble (With: Stephen Marlowe)(1959)
- #20AmazonDance with the Dead(1960)
- #21AmazonDig That Crazy Grave(1961)
- #22AmazonShell Scott's Seven Slaughters(1961)
- #23AmazonKill the Clown(1962)
- #24AmazonDead Heat(1963)
- #25AmazonJoker in the Deck(1964)
- #26AmazonThe Cockeyed Corpse(1964)
- #27AmazonThe Trojan Hearse(1964)
- #28AmazonDead Man's Walk(1965)
- #29AmazonKill Him Twice(1965)
- #30AmazonThe Meandering Corpse(1965)
- #31AmazonThe Kubla Khan Caper(1966)
- #32AmazonGat Heat(1967)
- #33AmazonThe Cheim Manuscript(1969)
- #34AmazonKill Me Tomorrow(1969)
- #35AmazonThe Shell Scott Sampler(1969)
- #36AmazonDead-Bang(1971)
- #37AmazonThe Sweet Ride(1972)
- #38AmazonThe Sure Thing(1975)
- #39AmazonThe Amber Effect(1986)
- #40AmazonShellshock(1987)
- #41AmazonThe Death Gods(2011)
About Richard S Prather
Richard Scott Prather was an American mystery novelist, best known for creating the "Shell Scott" series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms David Knight and Douglas Ring.
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