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Pyotyr Kurtinski
Pyotyr Kurtinski is the pen-name of Peter J. McCurtin. McCurtin’s first book, Mafioso (1970) was nominated for the prestigious Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award, and filmed in...view morePyotyr Kurtinski is the pen-name of Peter J. McCurtin. McCurtin’s first book, Mafioso (1970) was nominated for the prestigious Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award, and filmed in 1973 as The Boss, with Henry Silva. More books in the same vein quickly followed, including Cosa Nostra (1971), Omerta (1972), The Syndicate (1972) and Escape From Devil’s Island (1972). 1970 also saw the publication of his first “Carmody” western, Hangtown.
THIRST was his final novel.view less