
1951 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Philips
his 6th published novel



Ace Double-Size Books D-214, 1957 – cover art by Samson Pollen

1957 Digit edition from the UK
cover art by Darcy repurposed for 1959 Avon edition


cover art by Robert Stanley
better image than previously posted
Francis K. Allan, “What Makes Sammy Kill?”
Thorne Lee, “It’s in the Bag!”
Jimmy Nichols, “Cops Are Born”
Robert Turner, “Party to Murder!”
John D. FitzGerald, “Too Mean to Live!”
Arthur Leo Zagat,“Death-Dance of the Broken Dolls”
Talmage Powell, “Blood in Your Eye!”
Cyril Plunkett, “Deadly Is My Sleep”
Wilbur S. Peacock, “Copperhead”
Dale Clark, “Corpses, Incorporated” (Socrates Bean)
Jhan Robbins, “The Waxwork Wake”

cover art by Walter Baumhofer
better image than previously posted
Frederick Nebel, “Hell Couldn’t Stop Him” (Cardigan)
Leslie T. White, “Crook for a Night” (Toby Laird)
William Edward Hayes, “The Corpse on the Semaphore” (Dan Howell)
T. T. Flynn, “The Dragons of Change Ch’ien” (Val Easton)
O.B. Myers, “Grave Mates” (Jimmy McRay)