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
1956 Lion reissue ~ cover art by Charles Copeland
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THE femme fatale of Film Noir
cover art by Robert McGinnis
cover art by Robert McGinnis
cover art by Norm Eastman
cover art by Robert Maguire
Draw the Curtain first published in 1947 by Jefferson House. 1958 Signet reprint with the different title.This is his first book with a Chicago private eye whose identity is a closely guarded secret. He’s known only as “Mac”
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The Lethal Sex x 2
1959 Dell paperback original anthology of short stories by women crime writers, an idea initiated by MacDonald
cover painting by Ron Lesser
1962 Fontana edition from the UK
cover art by John L. Baker
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[post updated 10/8/25]
SMB Noir 