Merryll Manning tackles a killer in Hollywood in this acclaimed novel that has never before been published in America, even though the rights were purchased by a leading New York publisher for no less than $10,000. These rights expired in 2014. Now you can finally read the book that was thought to offer far too much competition to a leading publisher's list of mystery and detective novels, and was therefore purchased so that it could be suppressed If you enjoy a stylish, fast-paced murder mystery, chock-full of believable yet fascinating characters, you'll love "Merryll Manning Is Dead Lucky." As the reviewer for "The Times" commented on June 22, 1990, when this hardcover/paperback book was originally published in England, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, India and New Zealand: "One of this country's foremost mystery-thriller writers, John Howard Reid succeeds any attempts by the reader to guess the outcome of DEAD LUCKY."