
cover art by H.J. Ward
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cover art by Albert Drake?
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Robert Martin, “Murder the Bum” (Stephen Abbott)
Frederick C. Davis, “The Merry Queen of Murder” (Thackeray Hackett)
John D. MacDonald, “The Corpse Belongs to Daddy” (Donald Cheyne)
James A. Kirch, “Shoot If You Must” (Brad Harkness)
Dorothy Dunn, “Oblivion for Me” (Hollis Dorsey)
Johanas L. Bouma, “Bury Your Own Dead” (Joe Bowers)
Stuart Friedman, “Angel in the Deathhouse” (Thad Preston)
Jack Winters, “Slayer at Sea” (Thomas Brain)


cover art by Milton Luros
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D.L. Champion, “The Corpse That Wasn’t There” (Insp. Allhoff)
Norbert Davis, “Come UP and Kill Me Some Time” (Bail Bond Dodd)
Cornell Woolrich, “Murder at Mother’s Knee” (Johnny Gaines)
T.T. Flynn, “Salt Water Slay-Ride”
Jan Dana, “Death with Father” (Acme Indemnity Op)


aka Erle Stanley Gardner
1949 Morrow hardcover, 12th in the series with private eyes Bertha Cool and Donald Lam
cover art by Mike Ludlow

cover art by Barye Phillips
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1958 Bestseller Library edition

cover art by Edgar Hodges

1951 White Circle reissue
cover art by John Fernie