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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: crime fiction

October 1928 issue ~ cover art by F.R. Glass

October 1928

cover art by F.R. Glass

Posted on November 13, 2024November 7, 2024Categories adventure, crime fiction, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, western fictionTags f.r. glass, leslie mcfarlane, mystery stories magazine, reginald wright kauffmanLeave a comment on October 1928 issue ~ cover art by F.R. Glass

September 1935 issue

September 1935

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 13, 2024November 7, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags laboratory, margie harris, new detective magazine, roy somers, w.t. ballardLeave a comment on September 1935 issue

January 15, 1939 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

January 15, 1939

cover art by George Rozen

Posted on November 13, 2024November 7, 2024Categories action fiction, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags george rozen, maxwell grant, the shadow magazine, walter b. gibsonLeave a comment on January 15, 1939 issue ~ cover art by George Rozen

July 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L . Parkhurst

July 1939

cover art by H.L. Parkhurst

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 13, 2024November 7, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags h.l. parkhurst, handcuffs, private detective stories, roger torrey, staircaseLeave a comment on July 1939 issue ~ cover art by H.L . Parkhurst

November 25, 1930 issue

November 25, 1930

Posted on November 13, 2024November 7, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags clues magazine, dagger, oscar schisgallLeave a comment on November 25, 1930 issue

1952 Leisure Library

1952 Leisure Library

cover art by Reginald Heade.

Posted on November 12, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, pulpTags leisure library digest, reginald heade, roland vane, white slaveLeave a comment on 1952 Leisure Library

1957 Gold Medal paperback or ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

September 1957 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, dame, femme fatale, gold medal paperback, james o. causey, smokingLeave a comment on 1957 Gold Medal paperback or ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

1961 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

1961 Dell paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinnis

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, dell paperback, james mckimmey, robert mcginnisLeave a comment on 1961 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

1963 Monarch paperback original ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1963 Monarch paperback original

cover art by Robert Maguire

one of the finest covers ever

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags call girl, dame, frank boyd, hooker, monarch paperback, robert mcginnisLeave a comment on 1963 Monarch paperback original ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

cover illustration by Craig Dodd

second of his Alan Grofield novels, offshoots from the Parker series

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulpTags alan grofield, craig dodd, dame, donald e. westlake, professional thief, richard stark, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

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