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Lionel White

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born
January 01, 1905 in The United States

died
December 01, 1985

gender
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Lionel White was a crime reporter who wrote around 38 suspenseful thrillers beginning with 'The Snatchers' in 1953 and ending with 'The Walled Yard' in 1978.

Most of his books were translated into a number of different languages and his earlier novels were published as Gold Medal pulp hard-boiled crime fiction, but when Duttons began a line of mystery and suspense books, he also wrote for them.

He was most well known for what a New York Times review described as "the master of the big caper."

A number of his books were made into movies and Stanley Kubrick liked his book 'Clean Break' (1955), later re-released as 'The Killing' so much that he licensed the rights for his film 'The Killing' in 1956.

In Quentin Tarantino's film 'Reservoir Dogs',...more


Average rating: 3.84 · 49 ratings · 12 reviews · 15 distinct works
The Killing
3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1955 — 11 editions
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The Big Caper
3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1955 — 5 editions
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Flight Into Terror
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1955 — 2 editions
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Rapina A Mano Armata
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The Money Trap
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1963
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The Night of the Rape
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1967
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The Crimshaw Memorandum
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1967
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Death Takes the Bus -Canc
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1957 — 3 editions
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Run, Killer, Run
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Obsession
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