Robert Daley

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Robert Daley


Born
in New York City, The United States
October 05, 1930

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Nonfiction


Robert Daley is the author of seventeen novels and eleven non-fiction books. Born and brought up in New York, he graduated from Fordham University, did his military service in the Air Force and began writing stories, articles and books immediately afterward. He was a New York Times foreign correspondents for six years based in France but covering stories from Russia to Ireland to Tunisia, fifteen or more countries in all. Much later he served as an NYPD deputy commissioner, which explains why many of his books have played out against a police background. His work has been translated into fourteen languages, and six of his books have been filmed. He is married with three daughters. He and his French born wife divide their time between a hous ...more

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Year of the Dragon
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Tainted Evidence
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The Innocents Within
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Wall of Brass
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Hands of a Stranger
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A Faint Cold Fear
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Portraits of France
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“He concentrated on braking, shifting, accelerating. Death could not find him. He was moving too fast for it.”
― Robert Daley, Cars at Speed: Classic Stories from Grand Prix's Golden Age
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“Jean Behra, the French driver, said: "Only those who do not move, do not die; but are they not already dead?”
― Robert Daley, CARS AT SPEED - Grand Prix's Golden Age
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“You got a gun, you get in trouble. I don't need no gun. I got a little hatchet that I keep under the seat of my car. Some son of a bitch bangs into my car, I jump out and beat him with the hatchet.”
― Robert Daley, Prince of the City: The True Story of a Cop Who Knew Too Much
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