Hard-boiled thriller writer Dan J. Marlowe was one of the inspirations for Ed Brubaker's Fatale series, but had a life that could be turned into a pretty harrowing movie. After a writing career that earned him praise from Anthony Boucher and Stephen King, won him the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and saw him compared favourably with contemporaries like Jim Thompson, John D. MacDonald and Brett Halliday, Marlowe's career collapsed.
You can learn more about Marlowe's astonishing career here.
Marlowe doesn't seem to have been a favourite of British paperback publishers. His Drake novels were reprinted by Coronet in 1972-75 and some had hardcover editions, but many titles from Avon and Gold Medal never had UK editions.
Doorway to Death, Avon, 1959.
Digit R318, (Jan) 1960, 160pp, 2/6. Cover (rpts Avon T307)
Killer with a Key, Avon, 1959.
(no UK paperback)
Doom Service, Avon, 1960.
(no UK paperback)
Killer with a Key, Avon, 1959.
(no UK paperback)
The Fatal Frails, Avon, 1960.
(no UK paperback)
Shake a Crooked Town, Avon, 1961.
(no UK paperback)
Backfire, Berkley, Nov. 1961.
(no UK paperback)
The Name of the Game Is Death, Gold Medal, Jan. 1962 (revised as Operation Overkill, Gold Medal, Jan. 1973).
Gold Medal 604, 1963, 155pp.
Coronet 0340-17835-3, 1973, 159pp, 30p.
Strongarm, Gold Medal, Sep. 1963.
(no UK paperback)
Never Live Twice, Gold Medal, 1964.
(no UK paperback)
Death Deep Down, Gold Medal, 1965.
(no UK paperback)
The Vengeance Man, Gold Medal, 1966.
(no UK paperback)
Nobody Laughs at Me, Gold Medal, 1966.
(no UK paperback)
Four for the Money, Gold Medal, 1966.
(no UK paperback)
The Raven Is a Blood Red Bird, with William Odell, Gold Medal, 1967.
(no UK paperback)
Route of the Red Gold, Gold Medal, 1967.
(no UK paperback)
One Endless Hour, Gold Medal, 1969 (as Operation Endless Hour, Coronet, 1975).
Coronet 0340-19476-6, 1975, 35p.
Operation Fireball, [with William Odell. uncredited], Gold Medal, 1969.
Coronet 0340-16474-3, 1972, 175pp, 30p.
Flashpoint, Gold Medal, Aug 1970, as Operation Flashpoint, Gold Medal, 1972.
Coronet 0340-16475-1, 1972, 175pp, 30p.
Reluctant Wives (as Mande Woljar), Dansk Blue Book (101), Feb. 1971.
(no UK paperback)
The Young Librarian (as Rod Waleman), Dansk Blue Book (103), Feb. 1971.
(no UK paperback)
The Orphan Girls (as Major D. Lawn), Dansk Blue Book (105), Mar. 1971.
(no UK paperback)
The Stepdaughters (as Rod Waleman). Dansk Blue Book (107), Mar. 1971.
(no UK paperback)
The Innocent Schoolteacher (as Rod Waleman). Dansk Blue Book (113), May 19071.
(no UK paperback)
The Unwilling Mistress (as Alma Wedon), Dansk Blue Book (119), Jun. 1971.
(no UK paperback)
Operation Breakthrough, [with William Odell, uncredited], Gold Medal, Oct. 1971.
Coronet 0340-16473-5, 1972, 192pp, 30p.
Operation Drumfire, Gold Medal, Apr 1972.
Coronet 0340-16467-0, 1972, 176pp, 30p.
Operation Checkmate, Gold Medal, Oct 1972.
Coronet 0340-17418-8, 1973, 175pp, 30p.
Operation Stranglehold, Gold Medal, May 1973.
Coronet 0340-18286-5, 1974, 159pp, 30p.
Operation Whiplash, Gold Medal, Oct. 1973.
Coronet 0340-18601-1, 1974, 176pp, 30p.
Operation Hammerlock, Gold Medal, Jun. 1974.
Coronet 0340-19670-x, 1975, 174pp, 35p.
Operation Deathmaker, Gold Medal, Jan. 1975.
Coronet 0340-20150-9, 1977, 175pp, 50p.
Operation Counterpunch, Gold Medal, 1976.Feb.
(no UK paperback)
Phoenix Force #2: Guerilla Games (as Gar Wilson), Gold Eagle, Jun. 1982.
(no UK paperback)
(* My thanks to Jules Elvins, who recently sent over a collection of scans, without which this gallery would be rather patchy. Note: the evidence that Marlowe penned a number of adult books is presented here. Charles Kelly, who wrote a biography of Marlowe, says that he collaborated with William C. (Bill) Odell on "about a dozen books", but was credited on only one. I don't have Kelly's book (A Gunshot in Another Room), so I don't know if he identifies all the collaborations, but they include Operation Fireball and Operation Breakthrough.)
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