Carroll John Daly was a writer of crime fiction

Crime fiction

Crime fiction is the literary genre that fictionalizes crimes, their detection, criminals and their motives. It is usually distinguished from mainstream fiction and other genres such as science fiction or historical fiction, but boundaries can be, and indeed are, blurred...

. He has been credited with creating the first hard-boiled detective story in 1923 with "Knights of the Open Palm," published June 1, 1923 in Black Mask magazine, featuring private detective Race Williams; the first appearance of Williams predated the debut of Dashiell Hammett

Dashiell Hammett

Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories, and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade , Nick and Nora Charles , and the Continental Op .In addition to the significant influence his novels and stories had on...

's Continental Op character by several months. During that era, Daly was considered the leader of the naturalistic school of crime writers. Daly's Williams was a rough and ready character with a sharp tongue, and established the model for many later acerbic private eyes.

Novels

• The White Circle (1926)
• The Snarl of the Beast (1927)
• Man in the Shadows (1928)
• The Hidden Hand (1929)
• The Tag Murders (1930)
• Tainted Power (1931)
• The Third Murderer (1931)
• The Amateur Murderer (1933)
• Murder Won’t Wait (1933)
• Murder from the East (1935)
• Mr. Strang (1936)
• The Mystery of the Smoking Gun (1936)
• The Emperor of Evil (1937)
• Murder at Our House (1950)
• Ready to Burn (1951)

External links

• Carroll John Daly bibliography at HARD-BOILED site (Comprehensive Bibliographies by Vladimir)