
1951 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Philips
his 6th published novel



Ace Double-Size Books D-214, 1957 – cover art by Samson Pollen

1957 Digit edition from the UK
cover art by Darcy repurposed for 1959 Avon edition



1952 Rinehart hardcover, this the later 1953 Dell paperback
cover art by Robert Hilbert
his first published novel
first with series detective Manville “Manny” Moon who operated with one artificial leg

cover art by Denis McLoughlin