
cover art by Rudolph Belarski
better image than previously posted
[cover updated 11/1/25]

1st Pocket edition, December 1965
first hardcovers were 1964 from Hamish Hamilton the UK and Houghton Mifflin in the US
From Black Mask Magazine: “Killer in the Rain”, “The Men Who Liked Dogs”, “The Curtain” and “Try the Girl”
From Dime Detection Magazine: “Mandarin’s Jade”, “Bay City Blues” and “The Lady in the Lake”
From Detective Story Magazine: “No Crime in the Mountains”

January 1956 subscription issue – different cover from the newsstand issue

gouache on illustration board, 13″ x 18″
[post updated 1/1/24]

cover art by R.C. Wardell
better image than previously posted
Hersey swastika: “The Symbol of Good Reading – A Hersey Magazine”