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Stephen Marlowe
Stephen Marlowe (1928–2008) was the author of more than fifty novels, including nearly two dozen featuring globe-trotting private eye Chester Drum. Born Milton Lesser, Marlowe was ...view moreStephen Marlowe (1928–2008) was the author of more than fifty novels, including nearly two dozen featuring globe-trotting private eye Chester Drum. Born Milton Lesser, Marlowe was raised in Brooklyn and attended the College of William and Mary. After several years writing science fiction under his given name, he legally adopted his pen name, and began focusing on Chester Drum, the Washington-based detective who first appeared in The Second Longest Night (1955). Although a private detective akin to Raymond Chandler’s characters, Drum was distinguished by his jet-setting lifestyle, which carried him to various exotic locales from Mecca to South America. These espionage-tinged stories won Marlowe acclaim, and he produced more than one a year before ending the series in 1968. After spending the 1970s writing suspense novels like The Summit (1970) and The Cawthorn Journals (1975), Marlowe turned to scholarly historical fiction. He lived much of his life abroad, in Switzerland, Spain, and France, and died in Virginia in 2008. view less
Books by Stephen Marlowe
Homicide Is My Game Manhunt Is My Mission Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Second Longest Night Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHomicide Is My Game Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Terror Is My Trade Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Trouble Is My Name Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Danger Is My Line Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Peril Is My Pay Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Murder Is My Dish Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Manhunt Is My Mission Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Trouble Is My Name Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5