Day Keene
Author · 14 books
Day Keene, whose real name was Gunnar Hjerstedt, was one of the leading paperback mystery writers of the 1950s. Along with writing over 50 novels, he also wrote for radio, television, movies, and pulp magazines. Often his stories were set in South Florida or swamp towns in Louisiana, and included a man wrongly accused and on the run, determined to clear his name.
Books
The Best American Noir of the Century
2010
Home Is the Sailor
1952
Death House Doll
1953
Joy House
1954
To Kiss, or Kill
1951
Sleep with the Devil
1954
My Flesh Is Sweet
1951
Bring Him Back Dead
1956
World Without Women
1960
Framed in Guilt/My Flesh is Sweet
2005
Carnival of Death
1951
Wake Up To Murder
1952
The Big Kiss-Off
1954
Notorious
1954
