
1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition
cover illustration by Craig Dodd
second of his Alan Grofield novels, offshoots from the Parker series

1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition
cover illustration by Craig Dodd
second of his Alan Grofield novels, offshoots from the Parker series

better image than previously posted
cover art by H.C. Murphy
~ Frank Hepburn Crawford, “Silver Bullets”, ‘A weird, unusual tale’, only appearance in BM
~ Erle Stanley Gardner, “Beyond the Law”, 1st of 73 with ‘Ed Jenkins, The Phantom Crook, 1st-person narrator; a.k.a Bob Sabin, private detective; full name Edward Gordon Jenkins; more often than not, stories take place in San Francisco’s Chinatown’, 4th of 99 stories in BM
~ Dashiell Hammett, “Mike or Alex or Rufus”, the Op [9th of 22], 14th of 45 stories in BM
~ Charles Somerville, “The Corpse in the Woods”, 36th of 47 articles in the ‘Manhunter’ series
~ Solon K. Stewart, “The Trail of the Feathered Snake”, ‘A Complete Mystery Novelette’, last of 3 appearances in BM
~ J. Paul Suter, “The Little Blonde Nightmare”, 2nd of 15 stories with The Reverend McGregor Daunt, ‘clergyman by profession and detective by choice’, 5th of 19 appearances in BM
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[updated 1/3/26]

Lucille Fletcher and Allan Ullman, first published in 1951
cover art by Oliver Brabbins
better image than previously posted

cover art by Rudolph Belarski
better image than previously posted
Belarski’s signature removed

[updated 2/15/25]


1940 Hammish Hamilton UK first edition

1943 Pocket reissue – cover art by H. L. Hoffman


1964 Pocket reissue, 14th printing – cover art by Harvey Kidder (owner’s copy)
cover art by James Neil Boyle

1951 Pocket reissue, 10th print – cover art by Paul Kresse (owner’s copy)

1950 Penguin UK reissue, 3rd print

1966 Penguin reissue – cover design by Bob Brooks

1973 Penguin reissue – cover design by James Tormey

1973 Ballantine reissue – cover art by Tom Adams (owner’s copy)

1976 Vintage reissue – cover art by Richard Waldrep (owner’s copy)

1976 Ballantine movie tie-in

1976 Penguin movie tie-in


1988 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue


1994 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue


2009 Penguin Classics UK reissue


[updated 3/3/26, 3/8/26]