American novelist
This article is about the writer. For the American football player, see
Eddie Lacy . For the basketball player, see
Edgar Lacy .
Ed Lacy (August 25, 1911 - January 7, 1968), born Leonard S. Zinberg , was an American writer of crime and detective fiction . Lacy, who was Jewish American , is credited with creating "the first credible African American PI " character in fiction, Toussaint "Touie" Marcus Moore.[ 1] Room to Swing , his 1957 novel that introduced Touie Moore, received the 1958 Edgar Award for Best Novel .
Lacy was born in New York City.[ 1] He was a member of the League of American Writers , and served on its Keep America Out of War Committee in January 1940 during the period of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact .[ 2] He died of a heart attack in Harlem in 1968, at the age of 56.[ 1]
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David Wintino
There are 2 novels and 2 short stories featuring detective, David Wintino.
Lead with Your Left (1957)
Double Trouble (1967)
"Say 'Cheese'" (1964), "The Taut Alibi" (1968)
There are 2 novels and 1 short story featuring detective, Toussaint M. Moore
Room to Swing (1957)
Moment of Untruth (1964)
"The Death Of El Indio" (1961) (Original short story version of Moment of Untruth )
Harlem Underground (1965)
In Black & Whitey (1967)
Walk Hard—Talk Loud (1940)
Hold with the Hares (1948)
End to Violence (1950)
The Woman Aroused (1951)
Sin in Their Blood (also issued as Death in Passing ) (1952)
Strip for Violence (1953)
Enter Without Desire (1954)
Go for the Body (1954)
The Best That Ever Did It (also issued as Visa to Death ) (1955)
The Men from the Boys (1956)
Breathe No More, My Lady (1958)
Shakedown for Murder (1958)
Be Careful How You Live (also issued as Dead End ) (1959)
Blonde Bait (1959)
The Big Fix (1960)
A Deadly Affair (1960)
Bugged for Murder (1961)
The Freeloaders (1961)
South Pacific Affair (1961)
The Sex Castle (also issued as Shoot It Again ) (1963)
Two Hot to Handle (two novellas: The Coin of Adventure and Murder in Paradise ) (1963)
Pity the Honest (1965)
The Hotel Dwellers (1966)
The Napalm Bugle (1968)
The Big Bust (1969)
The Woman Aroused (1969)
Sleep in Thunder (1972
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