Mac
Created by Thomas B. Dewey

The missing link between Philip Marlowe and Lew Archer, Thomas B. Dewey's MAC was the original compassionate eye, setting the stage for Archer, Dan Fortune, Bill Pronzini's Nameless, et al. Mac's turf was Chicago, and he went down those mean streets with a sensitivity and compassion, particularly for young people that must have stood in stark contrast to the popular P.I. psycho-dramas of the time.

Also created P.I. Pete Schoefield, who solved his cases with the aid of his wife, Jeannie.

NOVELS

• Draw the Curtain Close (1947)
• Every Bet's a Sure Thing (1953)
• Prey for Me (1954)
• The Mean Streets (1954)
• The Brave, Bad Girls (1956)
• You've Got Him Cold (1958)
• The Case of the Chased and the Chaste (1959)
• How Hard to Kill (1962)
• A Sad Song Singing (1963)
• Don't Cry for Long (1964)
• Portrait of a Dead Heiress (1965)
• Deadline (1966)
• Death and Taxes (1967)
• The King Killers (1968)
• The Love-Death Thing (1969)
• The Taurus Trip (1970)

SHORT STORIES

• "The Big Job" (1965, The Saint's Mystery Magazine)