SMB Noir

January 1938 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1938

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

1958 Signet paperback original – cover art by Victor Kalin

pseudonym of Stephen Marlowe

1958 Signet paperback original

first published novel under this pen name

cover art by Victor Kalin

better image than previously posted

1958 Signet reissue – cover art by Tony Kokinos

1958 Signet reissue

cover art by Tony Kokinos

better image than previously posted

1960 Avon reissue

1960 Avon reissue

British 1961 Four Square reissue

“The author’s account of getting to know Neville Heath when they happened to be on the same troop ship during World War II. He describes Heath’s behavior on board, on dry land when they stopped over in South Africa, and events afterwards when Heath proved to be a serial killer.“