
Author: Seattle Mystery Bookshop
July 1959 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer
1965 Allied Artists
George Gross x 2 +2

September 1951 Best True Fact Detective

cover art repurposed for

November 1955 issue Special Detective

The Money Trap x 3

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1963. First Edition.
Basis for the 1966 film noir, starring Glenn Ford, Ricardo Montalban and Rita Hayworth.

cover art by Harry Barton
better image than previously posted

Swing Low Swing Dead x 3

April 1964 Belmont paperback original
13th with Johnny Fletcher and Sam Cragg
cover art by Victor Kalin
better image than previously posted


better image than previously posted
2 Lenient Beasts
Savage Bride x 2

1950 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips

new cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted
Kill the Boss Good-by x 2

1956 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted

cover art by Kirwin
Guilty Bystander x 7 + 2

1947 Farrar Strauss hardcover


1948 Penguin/Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Jonas


1954 Signet reissue – cover art by Saul Tepper



Mitchell Hooks (American, 1923-2013)
Gouache on board, 30 x 18-1/4 inches (76.2 x 46.4 cm)
Initialed center right: MH





