Recently Duane asked:
"I didn't realize Name of The Game Is Death was part of a
series -- and I've
read it twice! Did Black Lizard publish any others by
Marlowe? Can someone
post the titles in this series? Did the series have a name?
-- Duane"
The series featured a professional thief turned spy named
Earl Drake. They
were originally published by Gold Medal. The series was
billed as "Drake -
the Man with Nobody's Face." I don't have a list of the
entire series, but
one entry, 1970's *Flashpoint* won the Edgar for Best
Paperback Original
Novel. Most of the Drake series were two word titles, the
first word being
"Operation," the second being whatever the novel was about
(possibly taking
a cue from Aarons's Sam Durell "Assignment" series or Atlee's
Joe Gall
"Contract" series). To make it compatible with other titles
in the series,
later editions of *Flashpoint* were published under the title
*Operation
Flashpoint*. I don't know whether or not Black Lizrd
reprinted any other
books in the Drake series. - Jim Doherty
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