Brett Halliday

Brett Halliday is an American author of fiction. He is a famous writer of works in the mystery and western as well as romantic genre. It is the pen name used by author Davis Dresser.

The best place to start is the Powder Valley series, the earliest of Brett Halliday's multi-book series: it opens with Outlaws Three (1933) and runs to 66 books across 1933–1965, ending with Feud at Silvermine (1965). Brett Halliday's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.

Brett Halliday has 147 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1933 and 2020. 141 of them belong to 5 named series — the largest being the Michael Shayne series with 68 books — and 6 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.

Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Brett Halliday's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Powder Valley (1933–1965, 66 books), Jerry Burke (1938–2020, 2 books) and Michael Shayne (1939–1976, 68 books), plus 2 more.

This guide splits Brett Halliday's 147 books into 5 named series and 6 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Michael Shayne (68 books, 1939–1976); Powder Valley (66 books, 1933–1965); Rio Kid Adventure (3 books, 1940–2010); Jerry Burke (2 books, 1938–2020); Morgan Wayne (2 books, 2020).