Jan 9, 2009

Craig Rice | Craig Rice

Principal Series

The John J. Malone series, 1939-1967; the Melville Fairr series, 1942-1944; the Bingo Riggs and Handsome Kusak series, 1943-1958.

Principal Series Characters

John Joseph Malone, a Chicago criminal lawyer whose idea of dressing up involves changing his necktie and brushing the cigar ashes from his suit front. When not in his office, he may be found in Joe the Angel’s City Hall Bar, drinking rye with a beer chaser.

Jake Justus, a press agent turned saloon owner (having won it on a bet) who stays barely sober and barely free of the law in...

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