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1938 McBride hardcover
cover art by Ann Cantor
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basis for the 1947 film noir


Gloria and Forrest E. Fickling
1959 Pyramid paperback original
4th with private eye Honey West
cover art by Harry Schaare
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later Pyramid reissue – tie-in to the TV show


pseudonym of E. Howard Hunt, CIA spook, Nixon bag-man, Watergate op and spy novelist
1957 Dell paperback original with DC accountant Steve Bentley – this the first in that series.
cover art by Robert McGinnis
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1950 Morrow hardcover, this the later 1951 Pocket reprint
cover art by Ray App
his 5th novel
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pseudonym of Frank E. Smith
1957 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by William Rose
non-series noir thriller
a syndicate killer has a contract to take out this 15-year-old who has played the risky game of blackmailing mobsters.

undated Gold Medal reissue
cover art by Barye Phillips
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