Hardboiled – Page 223

January 1956 issue

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

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.

cover art by Barye Phillips

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originally published in 1955 by Dodd as The Beckoning Dream

cover art by Arthur Sussman

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cover art by Blaine (Norman Saunders)

cover art by Lyman Anderson

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cover art by Stockton Mulford

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1950 Beacon – first paperback reissue with different title

1952 Harlequin paperback reissue with the original title

cover art by Albert Fisher