May 1946 Bobbs-Merrill hardcover
December 1946 Bantam paperback reissue
His first with Chicago private eye Paul Pine, a terrific Chandleresque series that is far too little known
February 1958 reissue, 3rd printing
1984 Quill reissue, 1st printing
cover art by Steve Macanga
June 1956 Signet reissue, first printing
cover art by Robert Maguire
better image than previously posted
posed photo from which Maguire worked
1947 Appleton hardcover, this the Bantam softcover released the next year
cover art by William Shoyer
his fourth novel
1956 Popular Library reissue
cover art by Owen Kampen
February 1959 Cardinal paperback reissue, first printing
cover painting by John Fernie
better image than previously posted
November 1963 Pocket paperback reissue, 8th printing
cover painting by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted
May 1943 issue
cover art by Rafael DeSoto
Cornell Woolrich, “Mind over Murder”
W.T. Ballard, “A Heel of the First Water”
Dale Clark, “Death is from Taxes” (Plates O’Rion)
Duane Yarnell, “Murder is My Meat”
Frederick C. Davis, “Home Sweet Homicide” (Bill Brant)
Henry Norton, “Bait”
[updated 5/14/25]
Paul Newman as Henry Gondorff in The Sting, 1973
