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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Category: british pulp

October 1951 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

October 1951

cover art by Albert Drake

better image than previously posted

cover repurposed for the January 1952 UK edition of Black Mask

Posted on April 28, 2025April 26, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags albert drake, black mask magazine, casket, detective tales magazine, john d. macdonaldLeave a comment on October 1951 issue ~ cover art by Albert Drake

cover art by Reginald Heade

written by Stephen Daniel Frances, who originated the name and character

1951 S.D. Francis paperback

cover art by Reginald Heade

September 29, 2013

Posted on April 16, 2025March 15, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags bound, hank janson, lurid, reginald heade, sleazeLeave a comment on cover art by Reginald Heade

Twice the Thrills

May 1948 US issue

June 1942 UK issue

Posted on April 15, 2025March 29, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags baynard h. kendrick, fenton earnshaw, handcuffs, payphone, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on Twice the Thrills

September 1950 UK Edition

September 1950 UK Edition

Posted on April 11, 2025March 15, 2025Categories british pulp, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags 10-story detective magazine, david crewe, eye patch, lance kermit, logan claybourne, pirate, pirate map, russell gray, skeleton, treasure mapLeave a comment on September 1950 UK Edition

Summer 1944 UK edition

Summer 1944 UK issue

Posted on April 4, 2025March 15, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags darkroom, g-men detective magazine, joe archibald, map, norman a. danielsLeave a comment on Summer 1944 UK edition

November 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1948 US edition

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

November 1948 Canadian edition

March 1951 UK edition

Posted on April 2, 2025March 14, 2025Categories british pulp, canadian pulp, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bound, g-men detective magazine, robert sidney bowen, rudolph belarski, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on November 1948 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1946 issue

February 1946

better image than previously posted

June 1946 UK edition

[updated 7/31/25]

Posted on March 30, 2025July 31, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags anthony tompkins, drive by, g-men detective magazine, jean francis webb, tommygunLeave a comment on February 1946 issue

1958 Great Pan reissue – cover by Sam Peffer

1958 Great Pan reissue

cover by Sam Peffer

Posted on March 29, 2025March 14, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, mystery, pulpTags courtroom thriller, erle stanley gardner, great pan paperback, legal thriller, perry mason, sam pefferLeave a comment on 1958 Great Pan reissue – cover by Sam Peffer

1958 Alexander Moring paperback – cover art by Portada Noiquet

1958 Alexander Moring paperback

cover art by Portada Noiquet

better image than previously posted

Posted on March 29, 2025March 14, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags hank janson, moring paperback, portada noiquetLeave a comment on 1958 Alexander Moring paperback – cover art by Portada Noiquet

1963 Boardman hardcover

1960 Simon & Schuster US hardcover, 1963 Boardman UK hardcover

cover art by Denis McLoughlin

13th in his landmark procedural series

September 27, 2013

Posted on March 18, 2025February 23, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulpTags 87th precinct, boardman hardcover, denis mcloughlin, ed mcbain, police proceduralLeave a comment on 1963 Boardman hardcover

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