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cover art by James Avati

James Avati (American, 1912-2005)

Oil on board
13 x 18 inches (33.0 x 45.7 cm)
Signed lower left

This illustration was published as the paperback cover of A Murder in Paradise by Richard Gehman (Avon, 1956).

The Girl in the Death Seat

The Girl in the Death Seat, paperback cover
Gouache on board
18-1/2 x 12-3/4 inches (47.0 x 32.4 cm) (image)
Not signed

The present work is on the cover of

The Girl in the Death Seat by Fan Nichols (Ace, 1961).

original title, Be Silent, Love

Simon and Schuster hardcover, 1960

pulp art by Robert McGinnis

Robert McGinnis (American, 1926)

Gouache on board
10-1/2 x 13 inches (26.7 x 33.0 cm) (image)
Signed center left

Mike Shayne’s 50th Case, Dell reissue, 1965

cover art by Glen Orbik

Glen Orbik
Oil on board
21-1/4 x 16 inches (54.0 x 40.6 cm)
Signed lower left

October 2013 Hard Case Crime reissue

one of a handful of thrillers Crichton wrote under a pen name while in medical school

cover art by Gregory Manchess

May 2024

first published by Mysterious Press, hardcover, 1987

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

The Big Fix, paperback cover, 1960
Watercolor and gouache on board
10 x 13-3/4 inches (25.4 x 34.9 cm) (image)
Signed with pseudonym lower right

The present work is published on the cover of The Big Fix by Ed Lacy (Pyramid, 1960). It was also republished as an interior illustration in ‘The Demonstration’, Man’s Magazine, May 1964.