Dead Man's Diary and A Taste for Cognac: Two Mike Shayne Mysteries (The Mike Shayne Mysteries)

By: Brett Halliday

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Synopsis: A double shot of iconic Miami PI Mike Shayne—&“one of the best of the tough sleuths&” (The New York Times). Dead Man&’s Diary: Florida private investigator Mike Shayne&’s in New Orleans at the behest of a distraught wife whose war-hero husband, Jasper Groat, has gone missing—along with his diary, a harrowing soon-to-be-published daily account of being set adrift in a lifeboat with two shipmates. Rumor has it it&’s also an incriminating confessional. With two corpses—and counting—it looks to Shayne like someone would prefer if Jasper and his damning revelations had been buried at sea. A Taste for Cognac: One minute, PI Mike Shayne&’s having a quick afternoon cocktail in a Miami dive. The next, he&’s been solicited to investigate an intoxicating conspiracy involving the parole of an aging bootlegger, a secretive old sea captain tortured to death, a missing female reporter, and two dozen bottles of prewar cognac—vintage, valuable, and apparently worth killing for. If anybody can pop the cork on this case, it&’s Shayne. Brett Halliday&’s &“fast‐paced world of violence, intrigues, complex twists and voluptuous women&” inspired film, radio, and television adaptations, as well as the long-running Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine (The New York Times).