Richard S. Prather

Richard S. Prather

Richard S. Prather has written at least 32 books. Their most popular book is Strip for Murder with 1 save with an average rating of 3⭐.

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Author Bio

Richard Prather was born in Santa Ana, California. In 1940-41 he spent a year at Riverside Junior College (now Riverside Community College). He served in the United States Merchant Marine during World War II, from 1942 through the end of the war in 1945. In 1945 he married Tina Hager and took a job as a civilian clerk at March Air Force Base in Riverside, California. He left that that job to become a full-time writer in 1949. The first Shell Scott mystery, "Case of the Vanishing Beauty" was published in 1950. Prather had a disagreement with his publisher Pocket Books and sued them in 1975. He gave up writing for several years and grew avocados. In 1986 he returned with The Amber Effect. His final book, Shellshock (1987) was published by Tor Books.

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The Kubla Khan Caper

The Kubla Khan Caper
ByRichard S. Prather

1966 • 1 Reader 3

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Take a Murder, Darling
ByRichard S. Prather

1958 • 1 Reader • 148 pages 3

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Dagger of Flesh
ByRichard S. Prather

1952 • 1 Reader • 136 pages 4

Lie Down, Killer

Lie Down, Killer
ByRichard S. Prather

1952 • 1 Reader • 168 pages 4

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Case of the Vanishing Beauty
ByRichard S. Prather

1950 • 1 Reader • 179 pages 4

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Have Gat--Will Travel
ByRichard S. Prather

1957 • 1 Reader • 136 pages 4

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Kill the Clown
ByRichard S. Prather

1962 • 1 Reader • 180 pages 4

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Bodies in Bedlam
ByRichard S. Prather

1951 • 1 Reader • 160 pages 4

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Everybody Had a Gun
ByRichard S. Prather

1951 • 1 Reader • 152 pages 4

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Always Leave 'em Dying
ByRichard S. Prather

1954 • 1 Reader • 164 pages 4

Way of a Wanton

Way of a Wanton
ByRichard S. Prather

1957 • 1 Reader 3

Strip for Murder

Strip for Murder
ByRichard S. Prather

1 Reader 3

Slab Happy

Slab Happy
ByRichard S. Prather

1 Reader 3

Three's a Shroud

Three's a Shroud
ByRichard S. Prather

1 Reader 4

Find this woman

Find this woman
ByRichard S. Prather

1 Reader 3

Dig That Crazy Grave

Dig That Crazy Grave
ByRichard S. Prather

1 Reader 3

Dead Man's Walk

Dead Man's Walk
ByRichard S. Prather

1 Reader 3

Joker in the Deck

Joker in the Deck
ByRichard S. Prather

1 Reader 3

Kill Him Twice

Kill Him Twice
ByRichard S. Prather

1 Reader 4

Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters

Shell Scott's Seven Slaughters
ByRichard S. Prather

1 Reader 3

The Cockeyed Corpse

The Cockeyed Corpse
ByRichard S. Prather

1 Reader 3

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Meandering Corpse
ByRichard S. Prather

1965 • 1 Reader • 164 pages 3

Double in Trouble

Double in Trouble
ByRichard S. Prather

Shellshock

Shellshock
ByRichard S. Prather

Dance With the Dead

Dance With the Dead
ByRichard S. Prather

The Trojan Hearse

The Trojan Hearse
ByRichard S. Prather

The Amber Effect

The Amber Effect
ByRichard S. Prather

Over her dear body

Over her dear body
ByRichard S. Prather

Darling It's Death

Darling It's Death
ByRichard S. Prather

Too Many Crooks

Too Many Crooks
ByRichard S. Prather

The Sweet Ride

The Sweet Ride
ByRichard S. Prather

Dead Heat

Dead Heat
ByRichard S. Prather