When Dorinda Dances by Brett Halliday (A Mike Shayne Mystery)

 In my early to mid-teens, I used to read a fictional detective series about Mike Shayne. He was in Miami for most of the books, which began in 1939, but for the period of 1944-45, at least one full-length book and two novelettes took place in New Orleans.

I always found the plots to be very well worked-out, and they generally kept the reader guessing up to close to the end. Usually, Mike Shayne assembled a group of people and unmasked the killer one way or another.

Is anyone familiar with this series? One of my favorites was When Dorinda Dances, which started out with an opening twist and maintained its mystery all the way through. I believe it was published in the early 1950s.