Dead Sure

When two fast-thinking copy shoot it out with Harry Derby and bring him in for the murder of a grandmother they arent taking any chances. They add a little evidence to help make the charges stick. After all they both know Harry is guilty. They did a good job. So good that Harry is sure to get the electric chair...even if hes innocent! Herbert Brean (1907-1973) was an American journalist and crime fiction writer best known for his recurring series characters William Deacon and Reynold Frame. He was a director and former executive vice president of the Mystery Writers of America a group for which he also taught a class in mystery writing. Aside from his seven mystery crime novels he also published non-fiction books and articles and mystery magazine short stories. Alfred Hitchcock used A Case of Identity (1953) one of Breans many articles for Life as the basis for Hitchcocks film The Wrong Man (1957).