Prather, Richard S.

Shellshock by Richard S Prather( Book )
7 editions published between 1987 and 2014 in English and held by 191 libraries worldwide
When P.I. Shell Scott locates gangster Claude Romanelle's missing daughter Michelle, Scott finds Romanelle shot dead and himself the next target

The Amber Effect : a Shell Scott novel by Richard S Prather( Book )
7 editions published between 1986 and 2014 in English and held by 149 libraries worldwide
Just when surefire shamus Shell Scott was thinking that unannounced naked women don't show up on his doorstep frequently enough, a Miss Naked USA contestant and next-door neighbor comes knocking with nothing on. But the real knockout is her story: someone tried to kill her and is now dead on her floor! This private eye can't believe what he's seeing! Before Scott can even ask where she kept the weapon, she's disappeared and our private dick is stuck with the stiff?

The Kubla Khan caper by Richard S Prather( Book )
12 editions published between 1966 and 2014 in 3 languages and held by 119 libraries worldwide
"Shell Scott, anyone? This one starts when a man named Ormano Monaco decides to celebrate the opening of his posh hotel in Palm Desert, the Kubla Khan, by staging a beauty contest and instead ends up with a couple of murders. Naturally he calls you know who." --

The meandering corpse by Richard S Prather( Book )
17 editions published between 1965 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 93 libraries worldwide
I could see the beach robe Zazu had been wearing, but couldn''t see her. Then the pool''s surface rippled and tossed darts of sunlight at my eyes, and I could see Zazu quite well. She was wearing either the latest thing in jazzy bathing suits or nothing at all. She reached the ladder and started to climb up it, nonchalant as a bird--a jaybird. ""Hi,"" I said brightly, ""you can see I''m working."" She started down the ladder until the water was almost up to her waist. ""Do you always swim in the nude, dear?"" I said. ""It feels good. Probably I won''t do it when I''m older."" ""I thought that

Take a murder, darling by Richard S Prather( Book )
16 editions published between 1900 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 43 libraries worldwide
Shell Scott acts as body guard to beautiful women and one in particular could lead to murder

Kill the clown by Richard S Prather( Book )
13 editions published between 1962 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 39 libraries worldwide
When danger rolls into town I have one eye open -- my most private eye - while the other is focusing on a fiery fury of a lady. Surrounded by more underworld celebrities than San Quentin and Sing Sing combined, can you believe that I was the King of Clowns? That's right, but I thought my role was to rescue any poor damsel in distress. Too bad that maiden wasn't planning to rescue me from the next social event planned in town - my funeral -and it was up to me to crash the party while keeping cool below the belt

Strip for murder by Richard S Prather( Book )
17 editions published between 1955 and 2014 in 6 languages and held by 37 libraries worldwide
Shell Scott, a not-so-private investigator, has a new type of case; he has to bare it all. But this case requires no fancy P.I. accessories ... in fact, it doesn't require any accessories: he's got to find a murderer in a nudist colony. Experienced nudists and adventurous visitors frolic about the colony---oh, and so does a deranged killer. Wearing nothing but his gun, Shell has to reveal the murderer in this entrancing mystery novel ... and that's the naked truth. One of Prather's personal favorites!

Find this woman by Richard S Prather( Book )
22 editions published between 1951 and 2014 in 7 languages and held by 36 libraries worldwide
"Shell Scott, that rough and tumble trouble shooter, has to find a missing wife. In wide-open, carnival-mad Las Vegas, he catches up with her -- and with murder, intrigue and enough beautiful dames to put the hell in the famed Las Vegas Helldorado." --

Case of the vanishing beauty by Richard S Prather( Book )
18 editions published between 1950 and 2014 in 4 languages and held by 36 libraries worldwide
"One Beauty vanished from sight. Another dead in a hail of bullets. Would the lovely Lina be next? Even here in the drizzly rain outside the El Cuchillo, she was hotter than a welder's torch. Here's your chance to meet Shell Scott, the sharpest Private Eye you've ever known -- the darling of all dames, the envy of all guys." --

Everybody had a gun by Richard S Prather( Book )
21 editions published between 1951 and 2014 in 8 languages and held by 33 libraries worldwide
Shell Scott. He''s a guy with a pistol in his pocket and murder on his mind. The crime world''s public enemy number one, this Casanova is a sucker for a damsel in distress. When a pair of lovely legs saunters into his office, he can''t help but take the job, even when the case is a killer. Shell feels like a walking, talking target. He''s not an easy guy to mistake for someone else, with his gray eyes, broken nose and missing ear tip, but who would want to take a shot at such a stunning and attractive man? Something''s fishy in the state of Denmark when Shell finds he is dodging bullets and it