cover art by Rudolph Belarski
better image than previously posted
[updated 5/5/25]
Category: mystery
October 1959 Cardinal paperback
October 1959 Cardinal paperback reissue, first printing
cover painting by Charles Binger
better image than previously posted
The Finishing Stroke x 2
cover art by Jerry Allison
June 1963 Pocket reissue, 3rd print
cover art by Harry Bennett
better image than previously posted
cover art by Walter Popp
pen name of Milton K. Ozaki
1955 Graphic Mystery paperback original
cover art by Walter Popp
better image than previously posted
1956 Phantom paperback original from Australia
a number of changes to the cover:
– plant to phone in bottom left corner
— her hair is smoother
–yellow dress to red
–bracelet changed
–jewelry box different color
–background changed to window
–background table different, books different, bookend gone
–front table different
— mantle and logs different
–colors brighter and smoother
August 1942 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward
September 1935 issue ~ cover art by George Gross
cover art by George Gross
though no story refers to it, the figure at the left looks like Boris Karloff as Fu Manchu
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