Make A Killing

Scott Jordan #10

by Harold Q. Masur

Genres: Mystery, Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1964

About the author

Harold Q. Masur was an American lawyer and author of mystery novels.

He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1934 and practiced law between 1935 and 1942. Then he joined the U.S. Air Force. In the late 30s he started writing Pulp Fiction. In 1973 he was President of the Mystery Writers of America

Reviews

[John · Rating 2 out of 5]

No time today (this is the Fortnight From Hell for me) to say more than that Make a Killing is an amiable enough murder mystery marred, at least in my opinion, by a plot that involves a bit too much connected with financial wheelerdealering. The central character, Scott Jordan, is a Manhattan lawyer -- this was his tenth outing -- but don't think of Perry Mason: really Jordan functions here as an amateur detective who just happens to be a lawyer, so no dramatic courtroom drama. Masur was a better writer than Gardner, but somehow Jordan comes through as less vivid a character than Mason . . . and than the new love interest whom Jordan acquires during this adventure, PR type Kit Herlie. By the end I felt I'd happily read another book about Kit, not so sure about Scott!

[jjmann3 · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very good story but the characters are very one-dimensional.