John Alfred Webb (January 13, 1916 – February 12, 2008) was an American mystery novelist who often featured the detective team of Sammy Golden and Father Joseph Shanley. He died in

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Books

as Jack Webb

Sammy Golden & Joseph Shanley #''The Big Sin'' (

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, hardback, 1952) #''The Naked Angel'' aka ''Such Women Are Dangerous'' (Rinehart, hardback, 1953) #''The Damned Lovely'' (Rinehart, hardback, 1954) #''The Broken Doll'' (Rinehart, hardback, 1955) #''The Bad Blonde'' (Rinehart, hardback, 1956) #''The Brass Halo'' (Rinehart, hardback, 1957) #''The Deadly Sex'' (Rinehart, hardback, 1959) #''The Delicate Darling'' (Rinehart, hardback, 1959) #''The Gilded Witch'' (Regency Books, paperback original, 1963) Standalones *''One for My Dame'' (

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, hardback, 1961) *''Make My Bed Soon'' (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, hardback, 1963)

pseudonym John Farr

*''Don't Feed the Animals'' (Abelard-Schuman, hardback, 1955) reissued as ''Naked Fear'' and ''Zoo Murders'' *''She Shark'' (

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, paperback, 1956) reissued in Australia as ''Murder Ship'' (Phantom Books, paperback, 1958) *''The Lady and the Snake'' (Ace Books, paperback, 1957) *''The Deadly Combo'' (Ace Books, paperback, 1958) double book edition together with

J. Harvey Bond Russell Robert Winterbotham (August 1, 1904 – June 9, 1971) was an American writer of western and science fiction genre fiction, and the author of instructional pamphlets and several Big Little Books. He also wrote crime stories and one sci ...

's ''Murder isn't Funny''

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*http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/f/john-farr/ *http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/jack-webb/ American mystery writers 1916 births 2008 deaths American male novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers {{US-novelist-1910s-stub