Dividend on Death is a 1939 detective novel by the American writer Brett Halliday.

It also introduced the character of Phyllis Brighton, who became Shayne's wife.

[1] When a film version of Michael Shayne was made, it borrowed some elements from the first novel but was largely based on The Private Practice of Michael Shayne.

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