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Overview: Craig Rice (1908–1957), born Georgiana Ann Randolph Craig, was an American author of mystery novels and short stories described as “the Dorothy Parker of detective fiction.” In 1946, she became the first mystery writer to appear on the cover of Time magazine. Best known for her character John J. Malone, a rumpled Chicago lawyer, Craig’s writing style was both gritty and humorous. She also collaborated with mystery writer Stuart Palmer on screenplays and short stories, as well as with Ed McBain on the novel The April Robin Murders.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
3. The Wrong Murder (1940)
A beautiful woman bets private eye Jake Justis that she can commit the perfect murder. Wife Helene and lawyer John J. Malone aid him in foiling her plot. Or do they?
5. Trial by Fury (1941)
The little town of Jackson, Wisconsin, hadn’t had a murder in 32 years. That was before Jake and Helene Justus, who are fishing for a hunting license, arrive at the county courthouse just as an unknown party elects to shoot ex-Senator Pevely. Rather than ask embarrassing questions of any of the town’s leading citizens, bumbling Sheriff Kling dec… more »ides that the new arrivals are likely suspects and throws Jake into jail. Helene sends to Chicago for help, and the couple’s best friend, the little lawyer John J. Malone, is shortly on the scene.
Small towns have large secrets and as soon as the trio begin to investigate, skeletons start turning up — and not just in closets. In the course of tracking down a murderer, Helene organizes a search for Jake, Jake learns the hazards of Dollar Gin, and Malone, who has laryngitis, faces down a lynch mob with the assistance of Hercules, the wonder bloodhound.
6. The Big Midget Murders (1942)
A renowned casino stage performer midget has been found dead, doped and hanged, in his dressing room by the nightclub’s owner Jake Justus, his wife Helene, and their friend lawyer Malone. To avoid possible ceasing of casino’s operations pending police investigations, the trio took efforts to hide evidence that may link the casino with the murder. However, two more succeeding murders followed with similar cause of death like the midget’s: hanged by stockings. As the three gets entangled with the mystery involuntarily, they uncovered scams, blackmail, and deepest secrets that must remain protected—leading their suspicions unto the sole murderer.
10. Knocked for a Loop (1957)
Attorney John J. Malone, steadfast barfly and proud defender of the guilty, has a lot enemies, but few more formidable than Chicago financier and anti-vice crusader Leonard Estapole. So it doesn’t look good when Estapole’s corpse turns up in Malone’s office, liberated from this life by a bronze Buddha to the skull. But when the stiff’s stepdaughter is kidnapped, and Malone is implicated, it’s a frame job gone too far. Especially when Malone is suddenly saddled with the obnoxious abductee – a dimpled little extortionist who refuses to go home. If only Malone could count on his friends, Jake and Helene Justus. Unfortunately, Helene’s disappeared from a Wyoming dude ranch and her friendship with Estapole’s trophy-wife widow is too coincidental for comfort. Now, with every blindsiding twist of the case, Malone is starting to feel more and more like a hostage himself.
13. But the Doctor Died (1967)
Defense attorney John J. Malone may be a habitué of Windy City dive bars, but he’s never lost his balance—until now. Not only is he shaken by the contract killing of his latest client, but one of his best friends, socialite Helene Justus, is turning into a complete stranger.
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John J. Malone Mysteries #1 here: https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=1294&t=2640505&hilit=Craig+Rice
John J. Malone Mysteries (#2, #4, #7-#9, #11-#12) here: https://forum.mobilism.org/viewtopic.php?f=1294&t=4641376&hilit=Craig+Rice.
