Max Murray

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Max Murray (* 1901 ; † 1956 ) was an Australian writer .

life and work

Max Murray was one of the last writers to put their crime novels on paper in the classic way. The author, about whom only a few details are known, published his first detective novel "The Voice of the Corpse" in 1947 in the Saturday Evening Post . The book was published shortly afterwards. The response to this novel was so positive that M. Murray had little choice but to write more detective novels. Nine other novels in this genre followed.

His novel "The Neat Little Corpse" was filmed in 1953 by Lewis R. Foster with Ray Milland in the leading role ("Jamaica Run").

Murray worked at times as a reporter in Australia, USA and England . During the Second World War he was employed by the British broadcaster BBC .

Works

  • The voice from the grave. Detective novel ("The Voice of the Corpse", 1947). Heyne, Munich 1976, ISBN 3-453-10303-3 . (Reprint of the Nuremberg edition 1948).
  • The King and the Corpse . Black Dagger Crime Books, Bath 1990, ISBN 0-8622-0783-5 (reprint of London 1949 edition).
  • No duty on a corpse . Joseph Books, London 1949.
  • Nice little corpse. A classic detective novel ("The Neat Little Corpse", 1950). Heyne, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-453-10599-0 (reprint of the Munich 1951 edition).
  • Good luck to the corpse . Farrar, Strauss & Young, New York 1951.
  • The minister's body. A classic detective novel from 1951 ("The Right Honorable Corpse", 1951). Heyne, Munich 1979, ISBN 3-453-10415-3 (reprint of the Munich 1951 edition).
  • The Doctor and the Corpse . Joseph Books, London 1952.
  • The Sunshine Corpse . Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1954.
  • Royal Bed for a Corpse . Penguin Books, Harmondsworth 1955.
  • Breakfast with a corpse . Joseph Books, London 1956.
  • Twilight at Dawn . Joseph Books, London 1957.
  • Wait for the corpse . Joseph Books, London 1957.

literature

  • Klaus-Dieter Walkhoff-Jordan: Bibliography of crime literature 1945–1984 in the German-speaking area. , Ullstein, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 1985. ISBN 3-548-10325-1

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personal data
SURNAME Murray, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1901
DATE OF DEATH 1956