was the author of more than a hundred books, from westerns, mysteries, and spy novels, to works of history, including “The Long White Road,” a biography of the Antarctica explorer Ernest Shackleton. Revered in France as a master of detective fiction, he wrote under many pseudonyms, including Nick Quarry, Al Conroy, Ian McAllister and Mike Barone. Ten of his books were adapted into feature films, including two of the Tony Rome novels. His acclaimed Stone Angels series, written while living in France during the latter part of his life, featured French-American detective Pete Sawyer. He died in 1996.
Books by Marvin H. Albert
My Kind of Game
By Marvin H. Albert
Tony Rome travels from Miami to corrupt Coffin City, Florida to find out why another private detective, Rome’s surrogate father, has been savagely beaten with …
The Lady in Cement
By Marvin H. Albert
The private-eye business was slow, so Anthony Rome went skin diving. But instead of treasure he found a young blonde’s body—nude, her feet embedded in …
Miami Mayhem
By Marvin H. Albert
It seemed like a routine little job…. just return a beautiful, raven-haired heiress to her wealthy father, whose money bought him everything but the truth. …