author
George Harmon Coxe
1901–1984
A master of hard-boiled crime fiction, he turned newsroom grit and pulp-magazine speed into mysteries that still move fast. He is especially remembered for creating photographer-detective Jack "Flashgun" Casey and for a long, prolific run of suspense novels.
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Mission of fear
by George Harmon Coxe
About the author
Born in Olean, New York, on April 23, 1901, George Harmon Coxe became one of the steady, dependable names in American crime fiction. He wrote for pulp magazines before building a major career as a novelist, and his work was closely linked with the hard-boiled tradition.
His best-known creation was Jack "Flashgun" Casey, a crime photographer whose adventures helped bring Coxe a wide audience and even inspired a popular radio series. Over the course of his career, Coxe published 63 novels, with his last appearing in 1975.
His standing in the mystery world was clear: he served as president of Mystery Writers of America in 1952 and was named a Grand Master by the organization in 1964. He died on January 31, 1984.