

[original art added 8/8/25]


~ Robert C. Dennis, “The 7th Pallbearer”, 5th of 6 with ‘William (Willie) Carmody, Confidential Investigations & Margaret O’Leary, writer, Hollywood, WC is first-person narrator’, 5th of 10 stories in BM
~ Graham Goulden, “Moonlight ‘n’ Murder”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ John Krill, “Make with a Wake”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Julius Long, “Her Favorite Alibi”, ‘Daring Crime-Adventure Novelette’, last of 23 appearances in BM
~ E.A. Morris, “Steal Your Own Grave”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Milton K. Ozaki, “The Corpse Didn’t Kick”, author’s sole appearance in BM
~ Edward van der Rhoer, “Crime Waits for No Man”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

[updated 3/1/26]

1944 Detective Novel Classic digest

cover art by Robert Stanley
Oil on board, 12.625 x 8.75 in. (sight), not signed
Dell #386, 1950.

better image than previously posted

cover art by Paul Rader
better image than previously posted

cover art by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted
[post updated 10/12/25]


cover art by William Reusswig
better image than previously posted
Carroll John Daly, “The Black Warning” (Vee Brown)
Erle Stanley Gardner, “Dressed to Kill” (Paul Pry)
J. Paul Suter, “Seconds of Doom” (Horatio Humberton)
Oscar Schisgall, “Death Under Glass” (Ed Graham)
Fred MacIsaac, “Ghost City Set-Up” (Rambler Murphy)
profile and letter from MacIsaac appear n p. 123
[updated with original art 8/14/25, cover updated 11/12/25]

Cover art for “The Perfect Victim” by James McKimmey, published by Dell in 1958. Gouache on board. 552×368 mm; 21 3/4×14 1/2 inches. Signed “Abbett” in right image.
