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Cleve F. Adams

Born

in The United States

January 01, 1895

Died

January 01, 1949

Genre

Mystery & Thrillers

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The missing link between Dashiell Hammett and James Ellroy, Cleve F. Adams wrote rambunctious, violent, corrosively cynical private eye fiction from the mid-1930s until his untimely death from pneumonia in 1949 at the age of 54. He also wrote as Franklin Charles and John Spain.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 69 ratings · 24 reviews · 55 distinct works • Similar authors

	Private Eye by Cleve F. Adams, Robert McGinnis (Illustrator) 3.63 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1942 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sabotage (Rex McBride Mysteries #2) 3.38 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1940 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Punk & Other Stories 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Crooking Finger 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1944 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	What Price Murder 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1942 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Murder All Over really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1943 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Decoy 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1941 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	And Sudden Death 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1939 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Contraband by Cleve F. Adams, Carl Bobertz (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1950 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No Wings on a Cop by Cleve F. Adams, Robert Leslie Bellem, Privitello (Illustrator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1950 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Cleve F. Adams

Rex McBride Mysteries (6 books)
by

Cleve F. Adams

3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings

John J. Shannon Mysteries (2 books)
by

Cleve F. Adams,

Robert Leslie Bellem,

Privitello (Illustrator)

3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings

Bill Rye Mysteries (2 books)
by

Cleve F. Adams,

John Spain (Pseudonym),

Rudolph Belarski (Illustrator)

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings

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