cover art by Samuel Cherry
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Peter Paige, “A Little Corpse Who Wasn’t There”
John Whiting, “Death Sends Orchids”
H.H. Stinson, “Rancho el Maniac”
D.L. Champion, “A Hound for Murder” (Mariano Mercado)
cover art by Norman Saunders
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Day Keene, “Mighty Like a Rogue”
R.M.F. Joses, “Fill Your Own Shroud” (Skip Tracer Carter)
John D. MacDonald, “Swing and Slay”
Richard E. Glendinning, “Please Omit Flowers”
Ric Hasse, “Not By Blood Alone”
Robert Turner, “One Sunday Mourning”
1956 Harper hardcover, re-titled by Collins for the UK hardcover that same year as Death in Grease Paint
first of his two mysteries with Howie Rook, middle-aged, over-weight former newspaperman and draws on the author’s own experience as a clown with the Ringling Brothers Circus
cover art by James Meese
cover art by Norman Saunders – oil on board, 22 x 15 in.
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John D. MacDonald, “His Fatal Fling”
Hank Searls, “Keep Your Money Side Up” (Shamus Blair)
Jonathan Craig, “One Sweet Frame”
Mel Colton, “Corpse-Gathering Cutie” (Johnny Rock)
John Granger, “The Busy Body” (Gumshoe Rory)
H. Hassell Gross, “Death Was the Bride”
Frederick C. Davis, “Kill Me, Kate!”
cover art by Norman Saunders
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John D. MacDonald, “Yes, Sir, That’s My Slay-Babe!”
Albert Simmons, “She’ll Fool You Every Crime”
Robert Turner, “Dizzy Doll Blues”
Day Keene, “Claw into Your Coffin”
Richard Glendinning, “Two-Time Loser”
Ted Stratton, “The Graveyard is the Goal”
Zale Herrington, “Hussies Prefer Homicide”
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