Harold Q. Masur
Harold Q. Masur (January 29, 1909 in New York City – September 16, 2005 in Boca Raton, Florida) was an American lawyer and author of mystery novels.
He graduated from the New York University School of Law in 1934 and practiced law between 1935 and 1942. Then he joined the U.S. Air Force. In the late 1930s he started writing Pulp Fiction. In 1973 he was President of the Mystery Writers of America
Works
- Bury Me Deep (1947)
- Suddenly A Corpse (1949)
- You Can't Live Forever (1951)
- So Rich, So Lovely, and So Dead (1952)
- The Big Money (1954)
- Tall, Dark & Deadly (1956)
- The Last Gamble (UK Title: The Last Breath) (Also published as: Murder on Broadway) (1958)
- Send Another Hearse (1960)
- The Name Is Jordan (short stories) (1962)
- Make a Killing (1964)
- The Legacy Lenders (1967)
- The Attorney (1973)
- The Broker (1981)
- The Mourning After (1981)
Masur also wrote the script for The $2,000,000 Defense, an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents.
