Marvin H. Albert (January 22, 1924 – March 25, 1996) was an American writer of mystery, crime and adventure novels including ones featuring Pete (Pierre-Ange [French: Stone Angel]) Sawyer, a French-American private investigator living and working in France. Biography During World War II Albert served in the United States Merchant Marine as a radio operator. After working as the director of a Philadelphia children's theater troupe he moved to New York in 1950 and began writing and editing for Quick and Look magazines. He began writing full-time over the success of his 1956 Western novel The Law and Jake Wade. He sometimes wrote under pseudonyms such as Albert Conroy, Ian McAlister, Nick Quarry and Anthony Rome. Settings for his novels include France (where he lived for some time), Miami and the Old West. A 1975 international suspense thriller, The Gargoyle Conspiracy, written under his own name, was an Edgar nominee in the category of Best Mystery Novel. Novels Westerns The Law and Jake Wade (1956), filmed under the same title (1958) Apache Rising (1957), filmed as Duel at Diablo (1966) The Bounty Killer (1958), filmed as (Italian-Spanish movie) El Precio de un Hombre (1966), aka The Ugly Ones in the US. Renegade Posse (1958), filmed as Bullet for a Badman (1964) The Reformed Gun (1959) Rider from Wind River (1959) Posse at High Pass (1964) Westerns written under the name Al Conroy A series featuring the common character Clayburn. They were later reprinted in 1989-90 under Marvin Albert's own name. Clayburn (1961). Last Train to Bannock (1963) Three Rode North (1964) The Man in Black (1965), filmed as Rough Night in Jericho (1967; Albert also wrote the screenplay) Detective novels written under the name Al Conroy The Road's End (1952) The Chiselers (1953) Nice Guys Finish Dead (1957) (filmed as À Corps À Cris (1989) Murder in Room 13 (1958) (filmed as Adieu Marin! (1993) The Mob Says Murder (1958) Devil in Dungarees (1960) Jake Barrow Private Eye written under the name Nick Quarry The Hoods Come Calling (1958) The Girl with No Place to Hide (1959) Trail of a Tramp (1960) Till It Hurts (1960) No Chance in Hell (1960) Some Die Hard (1961) Tony Rome series A series featuring the private detective Tony Rome. Miami Mayhem (As Anthony Rome - 1960), filmed as Tony Rome (1967) The Lady in Cement, (As Anthony Rome, but published in England -