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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

1951 Popular Library reissue

published in 1948 by Macmillan, this a later 1951 Popular Library reissue

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags cigarette girl, dame, femme fatale, octavus roy cohen, popular library, veilLeave a comment on 1951 Popular Library reissue

1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

Posted on October 26, 2024October 19, 2024Categories film noir, HardboiledTags armored car, coleen gray, heist, jack elam, john payne, kansas city fiction, lee van cleef, metro goldwyn mayer movie, smokingLeave a comment on 1952 Metro Goldwyn Mayer

1947, The Lady From Shanghai

1947 The Lady from Shangai

adaptation by Orson Welles of Sherwood King’s novel If I Die Before I Wake

starring Rita Hayworth, Orson Wells, and Everett Sloane

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, HardboiledTags bullet holes, everett sloane, orson welles, rita hayworthLeave a comment on 1947, The Lady From Shanghai

August 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

August 1952

cover art by Norman Saunders

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags bruce cassiday, detective tales magazine, laboratory, norman saunders, woman with a gunLeave a comment on August 1952 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

April 1943 issue

April 1943

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags headquarters detective magazineLeave a comment on April 1943 issue

May 1941 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

May 1941

cover art by V.E. Pyles

Posted on October 24, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, espionage fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black book detective, cold war fiction, commies, dagger, red menace, shackled, v.e. pylesLeave a comment on May 1941 issue ~ cover art by V.E. Pyles

January 1957 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

January 1957

cover art by Norman Saunders

better image than previously posted

[updated 12/28/25]

Posted on October 23, 2024December 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulp, updatedTags fast action detective and mystery stories, harlan clay, norman saunders, peter norcross, saul anthonyLeave a comment on January 1957 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1947 issue

February 1947

Posted on October 23, 2024October 19, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags newest detective magazineLeave a comment on February 1947 issue

January 1934 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

January 1934

cover art by John Howitt

Posted on October 23, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags grant stockbridge, john howitt, the spider magazineLeave a comment on January 1934 issue ~ cover art by John Howitt

January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

January 1943

cover art by Modest Stein

better image than previously posted

Posted on October 22, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags dagger, detective story magazine, modest stein, robert arthurLeave a comment on January 1943 issue ~ cover art by Modest Stein

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