
cover art by J. George Janes

1944 Dodd Mead hardcover, first edition
author’s first novel, Lew Archer was a few years away

1950 Lion reissue – cover art by E. Walter

1955 Lion reissue with different title
cover art by Clark Hulings



1983 Bantam reissue – cover art by James Marsh


pseudonym of Richard Jessup
1961 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
4th tongue-in-cheek spy thriller with Monty Nash
better image than previously posted

1958 Cassell hardcover, this the later Penguin softcover
his first novel, first with Col. Charles Russell of the Security Executive