1958 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Gerald Powell

1958 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Gerald Powell

better image than previously posted

“Curt Cannon” was a pseudonym of Ed McBain

this, a paperback original grouping of short stories

1950 Signet reissue

Signet Books (September, 1950), first publication with this title

1944 Jefferson House hardcover, Hue and Cry

1951 published in the UK by Dakers as The Murder of Marion Mason

the author’s debut novel

1st in his series with Singer Batts, Shakespearean scholar, hotel owner and armchair detective assisted by his hotel manager Joe Spinder

better image than previously posted