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Rufus Frederick King (January 3, 1893,
* ''Murder De Luxe'' (1927)
* ''The Fatal Kiss Mystery'' (1928)
* ''Murder by the Clock'' (1929)
* ''A Woman is Dead'' (1929).aka ''Somewhere in this House'' Serialised, Burlington Free Press and other newspapers, 1931
* ''Murder by Latitude'' (1931)
* ''Murder in the Willet Family'' (1931)
* ''Murder on the Yacht'' (1932). Serialised, Burlington Free Press and other newspapers, 1933
* ''Valcour Meets Murder'' (1932)
* ''The Lesser Antilles Case'' (1934). Serialised, Los Angeles Times and other newspapers, 1934
* ''Profile of a Murder'' (1935)
* ''The Case of the Constant God'' (1938)
* ''Crime of Violence'' (1938)
* ''Murder Masks Miami'' (1939)
* ''Holiday Homicide'' (1941)
* ''Diagnosis Murder'' (1942)
* ''Design in Evil'' (1942)
* ''A Variety of Weapons'' (1943)
* ''The Deadly Dove'' (1945)
* ''The Case of the Dowager's Etchings'' (1946)
* ''Museum Piece No 13'' (1946)
* ''Lethal Lady'' (1947)
* ''The Case of the Redoubled Cross'' (1949)
* ''Duenna to a Murder'' (1951)
* ''Malice in Wonderland'' (1958)
* ''The Steps to Murder'' (1960)
* ''The Faces of Danger'' (1964)
* ''Malice in Wonderland: The Adventures of Chief Bill Dugan'' (2015)
Bibliography
on http://gadetection.pbwiki.com
on http://www.classiccrimefiction.com
1893 births 1966 deaths American male novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Writers from New York City {{US-novelist-1890s-stub
New York City
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– February 13, 1966, Hollywood, Florida
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) was an American author of whodunit
A ''whodunit'' or ''whodunnit'' (a colloquial elision of "Who asdone it?") is a complex plot-driven variety of detective fiction in which the puzzle regarding who committed the crime is the main focus. The reader or viewer is provided with the cl ...
crime novels
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. He created four series of detective stories: the first one with Reginald De Puyster, a sophisticated detective similar to Philo Vance
Philo Vance is a fictional amateur detective originally featured in 12 crime novels by S. S. Van Dine in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, films, and radio. He was portrayed as a stylish—even foppish— ...
; the second one with his more famous character, Lieutenant Valcour; the third with Colin Starr, who appeared in four stories in the ''Strand Magazine'' during 1940–41; and the fourth with Chief Bill Dugan, who appeared in three stories in ''The Saint Mystery Magazine
''The Saint'' is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books unt ...
'' and ''Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
''Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine'' is a bi-monthly American digest size fiction magazine specializing in crime fiction, particularly detective fiction, and mystery fiction. Launched in fall 1941 by Mercury Publications, Mercury Press, ''EQMM'' is ...
'' 1956–57.
In 2014, Wildside Press
Wildside Press is an independent publishing company in Cabin John, Maryland, United States. It was founded in 1989 by John Betancourt and Kim Betancourt. While the press was originally conceived as a publisher of speculative fiction in both trade ...
purchased Rufus King's copyrights and began reissuing his work, starting with a collection of Chief Bill Dugan mystery short stories.
Bibliography
* ''Murder De Luxe'' (1927)
* ''The Fatal Kiss Mystery'' (1928)
* ''Murder by the Clock'' (1929)
* ''A Woman is Dead'' (1929).aka ''Somewhere in this House'' Serialised, Burlington Free Press and other newspapers, 1931
* ''Murder by Latitude'' (1931)
* ''Murder in the Willet Family'' (1931)
* ''Murder on the Yacht'' (1932). Serialised, Burlington Free Press and other newspapers, 1933
* ''Valcour Meets Murder'' (1932)
* ''The Lesser Antilles Case'' (1934). Serialised, Los Angeles Times and other newspapers, 1934
* ''Profile of a Murder'' (1935)
* ''The Case of the Constant God'' (1938)
* ''Crime of Violence'' (1938)
* ''Murder Masks Miami'' (1939)
* ''Holiday Homicide'' (1941)
* ''Diagnosis Murder'' (1942)
* ''Design in Evil'' (1942)
* ''A Variety of Weapons'' (1943)
* ''The Deadly Dove'' (1945)
* ''The Case of the Dowager's Etchings'' (1946)
* ''Museum Piece No 13'' (1946)
* ''Lethal Lady'' (1947)
* ''The Case of the Redoubled Cross'' (1949)
* ''Duenna to a Murder'' (1951)
* ''Malice in Wonderland'' (1958)
* ''The Steps to Murder'' (1960)
* ''The Faces of Danger'' (1964)
* ''Malice in Wonderland: The Adventures of Chief Bill Dugan'' (2015)
References
External links
Bibliography
on http://gadetection.pbwiki.com
on http://www.classiccrimefiction.com
1893 births 1966 deaths American male novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers Writers from New York City {{US-novelist-1890s-stub