George Harmon Coxe

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George Harmon Coxe


Born
in The United States
January 01, 1901

Died
January 31, 1984

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George Harmon Coxe was an American writer of crime fiction.His series characters are Jack "Flashgun" Casey, Kent Murdock, Leon Morley, Sam Crombie, Max Hale and Jack Fenner. Casey and Murdock are both detectives and photographers. He started writing officially from around 1922, his work being for nickel and dime pulp fiction of the time. To earn money, he originally wrote in many genres, including romance and adventure stories, but was especially fond of crime fiction, his character "Jack (Flashgun) Casey" becoming a popular radio show through to the 1940s. He wrote a total of 63 novels, the last being published in 1975. He was associated with MGM as a writer.

Married to Elizabeth Fowler in 1929, Coxe had 2 children.

He was named a Grand Mast
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The Fifth Key: A Classic My...

4.04 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1947 — 17 editions
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Murder with Pictures (Kent ...

3.92 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1935 — 14 editions
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Silent Are the Dead (A Flas...

3.67 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1941 — 17 editions
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Murder on Their Minds (The ...

3.93 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1957 — 11 editions
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Murder for Two (Jack "Flash...

3.74 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1943 — 19 editions
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The Jade Venus

3.63 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1945 — 13 editions
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The Impetuous Mistress

3.73 avg rating — 26 ratings18 editions
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The Crimson Clue

3.54 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1952 — 13 editions
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The Hollow Needle (The Kent...

3.90 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1948 — 15 editions
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The Big Gamble

3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1958 — 14 editions
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