Arthur Gordon Maling is an American writer of crime and thriller novels.. He graduated from Francis W. Parker School

Francis W. Parker School (Chicago)

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, Chicago

Chicago

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 in 1940; in 1944 he received a B.A. from Harvard University

Harvard University

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. In the Second World War Maling was an ensign

Ensign

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 in the U.S. Navy from 1944 to 1945. From 1945 to 1946 he was a reporter for The San Diego Journal. After 1946, he worked as an executive manager for Maling Brothers, a retail shoe chain.

Brock Potter Series

• Ripoff (1976)
• Schroeder's Game (1977)
• Lucky Devil (1978)
• Koberg Link (1979)
• A Taste of Treason (1983)

Other novels

• Decoy (1969)
• Go-Between (UK Title: Lambert's Son) (1970)
• Loophole (1971)
• The Snowman (1973)
• Dingdong (1974)
• Bent Man (1975)
• Mystery Writer's Choice (1978)
• The Rheingold Route (1979); Winner of the Edgar Award
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• From Thunder Bay (1981)
• Lover and Thief (1988)