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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: Hardboiled

August 1942 issue ~ cover art by Cardwell S. Higgins

August 1942

cover art by Cardwell S. Higgins

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 22, 2025February 4, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags amazing detective cases, cardwell s. higgins, dagger, telephoneLeave a comment on August 1942 issue ~ cover art by Cardwell S. Higgins

1958 Gold Medal paperback original

1958 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Darcy?

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 22, 2025February 4, 2025Categories Hardboiled, maritime fiction, paperback, pulpTags day keene, gold medal paperback, south seasLeave a comment on 1958 Gold Medal paperback original

Too late she realized I had taken her dare!

Off Beat Detective Stories, 1961

September 22, 2013

Posted on February 21, 2025February 4, 2025Categories digest, Hardboiled, pulpTags dagger, edward d. hoch, mirrorLeave a comment on Too late she realized I had taken her dare!

July 1935 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

July 1935

cover art by Dalton Stevens

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 21, 2025February 4, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dalton stevens, master detective magazineLeave a comment on July 1935 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

August 1948 issue

August 1948

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 21, 2025February 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags blood trail, day keene, detective tales magazine, woman with a gun, wyatt blassingameLeave a comment on August 1948 issue

1969 Signet paperback original ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

cover painting by Robert McGinnis

Carter Brown was a pseudonym for Alan Geoffrey Yates 1969 Horowitz paperback reprinted that same year by Signet

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 21, 2025February 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags carter brown, hollywood fiction, robert mcginnis, signet paperbackLeave a comment on 1969 Signet paperback original ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

February 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

February 1947

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on February 20, 2025February 4, 2025Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bullet holes, c.s. montanye, pay phone, rudolph belarski, thomson burtis, thrilling detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1947 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1959 Beacon paperback original ~ cover art by Milo

1959 Beacon paperback original

cover art by Milo

Posted on February 19, 2025February 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags lurid, milo ray phelps, orrie hitt, sleazeLeave a comment on 1959 Beacon paperback original ~ cover art by Milo

August 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

August 1944

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 19, 2025February 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bruno fischer, day keene, detective fiction weekly, flynn's, flynn's detective fiction, rafael desoto, robert turner, russell gray, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1944 issue ~ cover art by Rafael DeSoto

1955 Popular Press paperback ~ cover art by Ray Johnson

1955 Popular Press paperback original

cover art by Ray Johnson

better image then previously posted

Posted on February 19, 2025February 4, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, jim thompson, noir, popular libraryLeave a comment on 1955 Popular Press paperback ~ cover art by Ray Johnson

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