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Herbert Brean

Herbert Brean

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Herbert Brean was an American journalist and crime fiction writer, best known for his recurring series characters William Deacon and Reynold Frame. He was a director and former executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America, a group for which he also taught a class in mystery writing. Aside from his seven mystery crime novels, he also published non-fiction books and articles, and mystery magazine short stories. Alfred Hitchcock used one of Brean's many articles for Life Magazine, "A Case of Identity" (1953) as the basis for his film *The Wrong Man*. [ From bcmystery.com ]

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Wilders Walk Away
Representative edition published 1987
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How to stop smoking
Representative edition published 1982
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How to stop smoking
Representative edition published 1975
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The traces of Merrilee
Representative edition published 1966
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The traces of Brillhart
Representative edition published 1960
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How to stop drinking
Representative edition published 1958
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The clock strikes thirteen
Representative edition published 1952
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The Traces of Brillhart
Representative edition published 1988
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How to Stop Smoking
Representative edition published 1975
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The only diet that works
Representative edition published 1965
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A matter of fact
Representative edition published 1956
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Hardly a man is now alive
Representative edition published 1950
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The darker the night ...
Representative edition published 1949
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