1963 Regency paperback original

1963 Regency paperback original

adapted into the 1990 neo-noir with John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Pat Hingle, and Annette Benning

directed by Stephen Frears

Donald E. Westlake won the Academy Award for adapted screenplay

1950 Avon paperback original

1950 Avon paperback original. six stories that first appeared in Black Mask Magazine

“The Red Hots” (December 1930)

“Get a Load of This” (February 1931)

“Spare the Rod” (August 1931)

“Pearls are Tears” (September 1931)

“Death’s Not Enough” (October 1931)

“Save Your Tears” (June 1933)