About the book: 2021 / Day Keene (1904–1969) - American writer, playwright, actor, author of detective novels. Real name Gunnar Hjerstedt. Used pen name: William Richards. Day Keene was one of the most prolific, most popular authors of American crime fiction. His first books appeared in the forties. Like many of his colleagues, he produced novel after novel with astonishing speed. The critic considers the main advantage of the writer to be a precise sense of the rhythm of the narrative: Day Keene knows how to construct a plot in such a way that the reader is intrigued from the first pages to the very end. Contents: The Big Farewell Kiss Be Mine and Die Birthday Deliver Him Dead The Beloved Has Disappeared Everyone Can Die Miami 69 Mrs. Killer Love and Criminal Hatred Red Star of the South Room with a closetIn the human jungleKiss or deathChicago, 11Missing stripperChasing the killerMy flesh is sweetSailor came ashoreStrange witnessMurder on the sideGirl of ill reputeMurder, a grave sinMoran's girlfriendStep to murderPayolaCome and take it