3 Novels by Roy Huggins
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Overview: Roy Huggins (1914 – 2002) was an American novelist and an influential writer/creator and producer of character-driven television series, including Maverick, The Fugitive, and The Rockford Files.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
The Double Take (1946)
The Double Take, first published in 1946, is a classic piece of hard-boiled mystery/detective fiction, having all the elements needed to keep the reader’s interest from the first page. Witty, often humorous dialogue, a cast of interesting characters, and detective Stuart Bailey, who would later star in author Roy Huggins’ popular TV drama, “77 Sunset Strip.” The plot begins with Bailey being hired by an influential politician who is being blackmailed in regard to his wife’s past. Bailey investigates the woman’s history in an attempt to stop the extortion, and as the story unfolds, there are many twists and turns along the way.
Too Late for Tears (1947) (Jerry eBooks, 2018)
The Saturday Evening Post, April 19-May 24, 1947, Vol. 219, No. 42-47
Before his TV career began, before he created "Maverick," "77 Sunset Strip," and co-created "The Rockford Files," Roy Huggins wrote a few novels. This, his second, is an excellent example of noir fiction. Solidly plotted but nonetheless fully character-driven, it’s the story of a determined woman whose ruthlessness shifts into high gear when she’s accidentally "gifted" with a great deal of money.
77 Sunset Strip (1958) (Jerry eBooks, 2015)
A collection of 3 stories that previously appeared in Saturday Evening Post and Esquire Mag.
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See also The Stuart Bailey Casebook by Roy Huggins (ed. Jerry eBooks, 2020):
https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=1294&t=3772293&hilit=Roy+Huggins
