Dead Sure

When two fast-thinking copy shoot it out with Harry Derby and bring him in for the murder of a grandmother, they aren&apos;t 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 he&apos;s innocent!<P> 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 Brean&apos;s many articles for Life, as the basis for Hitchcock&apos;s film The Wrong Man (1957).