Wade Miller is actually two childhood friends, Bob Wade (1920-2012) and Bill Miller (1920-1961), who produced 33 books together. Wade and Miller attended San Diego State and edited the campus newspaper. After a stint in the Air Force, they joined forces again, eventually producing the book that Orson Welles adapted as the classic noir film, Touch of Evil.
They also created one of the best post-war detectives, Max Thursday, whose complexities and flaws elevated him from the usual PI clichés. After Miller's death, Wade continued to write, winning the Private Eye Writers of America's 1988 Lifetime Achievement Award, as well as writing a monthly column for the San Diego Union Tribune. Bob Wade passed away in San Diego in September 2012.
Genres: Mystery
Series
Max Thursday
1. Deadly Weapon (1946)
2. Guilty Bystander (1947)
3. Fatal Step (1948)
4. Uneasy Street (1948)
5. Calamity Fair (1950)
6. Murder Charge (1950)
7. Shoot to Kill (1951)
1. Deadly Weapon (1946)
2. Guilty Bystander (1947)
3. Fatal Step (1948)
4. Uneasy Street (1948)
5. Calamity Fair (1950)
6. Murder Charge (1950)
7. Shoot to Kill (1951)
Novels
Pop Goes The Queen (1947)
aka Murder-Queen High
Devil On Two Sticks (1949)
aka Killer's Choice
Devil May Care (1950)
The Killer (1951)
Stolen Woman (1951)
The Tiger's Wife (1951)
Branded Woman (1952)
The Big Guy (1953)
South of the Sun (1953)
All Through The Night (1955)
Dead, She Was Beautiful (1955)
Mad Baxter (1955)
Badge Of Evil (1956)
Kiss Her Goodbye (1956)
Murder Bait (1956)
Kitten with a Whip (1959)
Sinner Take All (1960)
Nightmare Cruise (1961)
aka The Sargasso People
The Girl from Midnight (1966)
aka Murder-Queen High
Devil On Two Sticks (1949)
aka Killer's Choice
Devil May Care (1950)
The Killer (1951)
Stolen Woman (1951)
The Tiger's Wife (1951)
Branded Woman (1952)
The Big Guy (1953)
South of the Sun (1953)
All Through The Night (1955)
Dead, She Was Beautiful (1955)
Mad Baxter (1955)
Badge Of Evil (1956)
Kiss Her Goodbye (1956)
Murder Bait (1956)
Kitten with a Whip (1959)
Sinner Take All (1960)
Nightmare Cruise (1961)
aka The Sargasso People
The Girl from Midnight (1966)
Omnibus editions show
Anthologies containing stories by Wade Miller
Kill or Cure (1989)
Suspense Stories About the World of Medicine
edited by
Marcia Muller and Bill Pronzini
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