cover art repurposed from British edition of Black Mask December 1951
Category: crime fiction
March 1952 issue
1956 Graphic paperback original
1967 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis
1951 Gold Medal paperback ~ cover art by Barye Phillips
1951 Gold Medal paperback original
pseudonym of Edward S. Aarons
cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted
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