Peter McCurtin

	Peter McCurtin Peter J. McCurtin [1929-1997]

	Robert Briganti, the Assassin, dedicated to wiping out the Mafia:
	Manhattan Massacre (1973) New Orleans Holocaust (1973)	Boston Bust Out (1973)

	Philip Magellan, the Marksman, dedicated to wiping out the Mafia:
	Vendetta (1973)	Death Hunt (1973)

	Non-series:
	Mafioso (1970) Finalist 1971 Edgar Award for Best Paperback The Sun Dance Murders (1970) Escape from Devil’s Island (1971) Cosa Nostra (1971) APA: The Hit (1973) The Syndicate (1972) Omerta (1972) Arizona Hangtown (1972)	McCool (1973) The Pleasure Principle (1974) Minnesota Strip (1979) Loanshark (1979) The Exterminator (1980) Murder in the Penthouse (1980) Rockwell (1982)
	Note: The extent to which the “real” Peter McCurtin wrote books or was a pseudonym used by George Harmon Smith and others is unclear, and the authorities differ. For example, Ralph Hayes used “Peter McCurtin” as a pseudonym for at least four Jim Rainey, Death Dealer, titles per Crime Fiction II, which lists McCurtin as a house pseudonym in this regard. The date of birth is also in doubt: Library of Congress lists McCurtin’s birth year as 1935; Crime Fiction II does not list a year. The best authority we have found is an article by David Whitehead, “Peter McCurtin — Question mark of the Old West,” [viewed December 6, 2009], which gives dates of 1929-1987. We do not attempt to list all McCurtin’s real or pseudonymous books here, omitting many western and adventure titles, and writings under (other?) house pseudonyms Bruno Rossi and Frank Scarpetta.