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For the Fans of Hardboiled, Pulp & Gumshoe Art

Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Day: December 29, 2024

2013 Hard Case reissue ~ cover art by Gregory Machness

2013 Hard Case

cover art by Gregory Machness

originally published in 1969 by World

August 13, 2013

Posted on December 29, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, femme fatale, gregory machness, hard case crime, john lange, michael crichton, smokingLeave a comment on 2013 Hard Case reissue ~ cover art by Gregory Machness

1959 Dell paperback ~ cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

watercolor and gouache on board

1959 Dell paperback original

Posted on December 29, 2024December 12, 2024Categories Hardboiled, pulp, paperback, finest kind, crime fiction, original artTags dame, darcy, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, gambling fiction, james mckimmey, rouletteLeave a comment on 1959 Dell paperback ~ cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

1957 Graphic paperback ~ cover art by Roy Lance

1957 Graphic paperback original

cover art by Roy Lance

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 29, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, femme fatale, graphic paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1957 Graphic paperback ~ cover art by Roy Lance

1956 Lion reissue ~ cover art by Charles Copeland

1956 Lion reissue

cover art by Charles Copeland

Criss-Cross, 1934 Vanguard hardcover, basis for the 1949 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner

Posted on December 29, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags criss cross, dame, don tracy, femme fatale, heistLeave a comment on 1956 Lion reissue ~ cover art by Charles Copeland

THE femme fatale of Film Noir

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Posted on December 29, 2024December 12, 2024Categories finest kindTags dame, film noir, gloria grahame, promo shotLeave a comment on THE femme fatale of Film Noir
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