Hardboiled – Page 11 – SMB Noir

The Drowning Wire

cover art by Rafael DeSoto [signature cropped off book’s cover]

pseudonym of Marvin Larson

1953 Ace paperback original

1952 Lion paperback original

1952 Lion paperback original

Twist the Knife Slowly

1947 Wyn hardcover A Murder in the House, this the 1952 Ace paperback reissue

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

the author’s only mystery novel

December 14, 2013

Howell Dodd x 5

cover art by Howell Dodd

November 1952 issue of True Crime Cases

February 1954 issue

better image than previously posted

December 1959 Bedside paperback original

Carl Pfeuffer x 3

Sure Fire Detective Stories October 1957

cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

June 1960 Two-Fisted Detective Stories

December 1947 issue

December 1947 issue

September 1946 issue ~ cover art by Jay Hyde Barnum

cover art by Jay Hyde Barnum

better image than previously posted

October 1941 issue ~ cover art by Samuel Cherry

cover art by Samuel Cherry

May 1950 British issue

May 1950 British issue

March 1937 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

[cover art added 8/9/25]