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Talmage Powell


Born
in Henderson, North Carolina, The United States
October 04, 1920

Died
March 09, 2000

Genre
Mystery, Western


Pen Names: Robert Hart Davis, Robert Henry, Milton T. Lamb, Milton T. Land, Jack McCready, Anne Talmage, and Dave Sands.

U.S. Author (1920 - 2000) Talmage Powell began his writing career in 1942. Mr. Powell created over 200 stories for the pulp fiction magazines writing in almost every genre and for all of the top magazines. After the demise of the pulps, Mr. Powell continued to write another 300 plus short stories for fiction magazines such as Ellery Queen, Alfred Hitchcock, Mike Shayne, Manhunt and Suspense.

Powell also had a number of successful novels published during the 1950s and 1960s. His Ed Rivers series is recognized as some of the best Private Investigator stories from that era. Mr. Powell also had written a number of novels under ...more

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Average rating: 3.77 · 2,065 ratings · 213 reviews · 136 distinct works • Similar authors
The Talmage Powell Crime ME...
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The Murder MEGAPACK®: 22 Cl...
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The Killer is Mine (Ed Rive...
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The Crime Fiction MEGAPACK®...
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The Weird Crime MEGAPACK ®:...
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Start Screaming Murder (Pro...
3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1962 — 8 editions
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The Second Talmage Powell C...
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A Time To Kill
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The Priceless Particle (Mis...
3.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1969 — 7 editions
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Corpus Delectable (Prologue...
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The Killer is Mine The Girl's Number Doesn't A... With a Madman Behind Me Start Screaming Murder Corpus Delectable
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“driveway past the sheltering rows of tall Australian pines. Swiveling his head, he watched a distant humpback”
― Talmage Powell, The Second Talmage Powell Crime MEGAPACK®: 20 More Classic Mysteries
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“Four miles away, a hazy ridge of hills provided a backdrop toward which rolled the scattered farms of the upper Raritan River valley. The nearest farm, that of Ray Tucket,”
― Talmage Powell, The Murder MEGAPACK®: 22 Classic and Modern Tales of Crime and Murder
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“You can’t arrest me, sheriff,” he snapped angrily. “Judge Somerville won’t hold me ten minutes, ’less you got proof or witnesses.”
― Talmage Powell, The Murder MEGAPACK®: 22 Classic and Modern Tales of Crime and Murder
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