Though it isn’t as instantly recognizable or singular as Prather’s Shell Scott books, Lie Down, Killer is nonetheless a gripping and entertaining read. So when he sees the chance to break loose, he takes it… Locked behind bars and with no one to listen to him, Steve realizes his only choice is to escape and prove himself innocent.
Two cops pick him up and accuse him of murdering his business partner, and to makes matters worse, the woman he spent last night with refuses to be his alibi. A thriller of the “wrong man” variety, the story begins as Steve Bennett, a sporting goods shop owner, walks into a diner for an early morning breakfast-little does he realize it may be his last. Originally published as Lion Books (#85) in 1952, Lie Down, Killer will come as a pleasant surprise to Prather fans: whereas the Shell Scott novels are distinguished by their playful plots and hyperactive humor, Lie Down, Killer shows that Prather isn’t always joking around.
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561 (a novelization of the TV show), and Lie Down, Killer. ( According to this interview, Pattern for Murder and Dagger of Flesh were originally written as Shell Scott novels, but publishers insisted that Prather change the lead characters’ names subsequently, they were reprinted with Shell’s name.) The three non-Shell titles were The Peddler (recently reprinted by Hard Case Crime), Dragnet: Case No. Of his forty-three novels published, only three did not feature Scott. Prather is virtually synonymous with his fictional creation Shell Scott.
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