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  • Bibliography:
    13 Books
  • First Book:
    May 1979
  • Latest Book:
    January 2013
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Book List in Order: 13 titles








  • A Phone call for Bowman at two a.m.... A honeyed, velvet voice of invitation... A trip across town in the small hours...A grim discovery in a swanky apartment...

    From these tense beginnings, Hartley Howard-past-master of the suspense story...



  • Pull up a chair and relax.

    We'd like you to meet Glenn Bowman, one of the toughest-and smartest- private eyes in New York.

    This time he's got himself involved in trying to keep alive the current heart-throb of Broadway-P...



  • There was poison in the glass-and it was the detective in the case who drank it! But for the attentions of a conscientious drug-store attendant there would have been one dark handsome stranger the less to spend his free time on blondes!

    Gl...



  • The girl in the black velvet gown looked to be very drunk - she also looked to be in plenty of trouble...

    Bowman liked neither her type of escort not the way she was being manhandled into the sedan parked outside Morry's Bar. He like e...



  • First published in 1952, Death of Cecilia begins with a telephone conversation, started with a conventional greeting, but to Glenn Bowman the voice seemed to carry a note of cold menace. It went on to warn him not to take a personal interest in a cer...






  • Glenn Bowman, the toughest and most cynical private investigator in New York, lands himself up to the chin in trouble by witnessing the disposal of a gravely injured man. Bowman plays it straight, calls the police, and finds he is caught between two ...



    • / General Fiction
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    Edwin Newsome was pretty worried about his brother's health - so worried that he hired Glenn Bowman to work his way into Harold Newsome's household to do some unofficial sleuthing.

    Harold was suffering from an obscure sickness, and...



    • / Suspense
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    The only law New York private eye Glenn Bowman can rely on is the law of the jungle. Frankie Siccola was one of the tigers in that jungle. No sooner was he sewn in a blanket than the scavengers got the scent of rich pickings, and only a fool would ha...



    • / Suspense
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    The man had entered the 'phone booth and the bomb in his brief-case exploded a moment later...Glenn Bowman was engaged to find Rickie Oppenheimer, who had disappeared with twenty thousand dollars of racketeer Mike Schultz's money - in a brief-case. W...


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Hartley Howard has published 13 books.

Hartley Howard does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Extortion, was published in January 2013.

The first book by Hartley Howard, Count-Down, was published in May 1979.

No. Hartley Howard does not write books in series.