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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: paperback

1959 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Paul Rader

1959 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Paul Rader

one of Robert Silverberg’s many, many pseudonyms

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Posted on September 5, 2025August 16, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags erotica, gordon mitchell, lurid, midwood paperback, robert silverberg, sleazeLeave a comment on 1959 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Paul Rader

1950 Pocket reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips

1949 Simon and Schuster hardcover

1950 Pocket reissue

cover art by Barye Phillips

2nd book with lawyer/detective Scott Jordan

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Posted on September 5, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, dame, gambling fiction, harold q. masur, scott jordanLeave a comment on 1950 Pocket reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips

1962 Great Pan reissue – cover art by Harry Sheldon

1953 Morrow hardcover

1962 Great Pan reissue – cover art by Harry Sheldon

44th Perry Mason novel

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Posted on September 5, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags courtroom thriller, erle stanley gardner, great pan, harry sheldon, perry masonLeave a comment on 1962 Great Pan reissue – cover art by Harry Sheldon

1952 Pocket reissue – cover art by Maurice Thomas

1952 Pocket

cover art by Maurice Thomas

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 5, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, paperback, pulpTags a.a. fair, bertha cool, donald lam, erle stanley gardner, maurice thomasLeave a comment on 1952 Pocket reissue – cover art by Maurice Thomas

1959 Gold Medal reissue – cover art by Lu Kimmel

1959 Gold Medal reissue

cover art by Lu Kimmel

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Posted on September 5, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags gold medal paperback, lu kimmel, stephen marloweLeave a comment on 1959 Gold Medal reissue – cover art by Lu Kimmel

1956 Bantam paperback

1954 Random House hardcover

1956 Bantam reissue

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2nd with NYC newspaper columnist Bart Harden

Posted on September 4, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags alley, bantam paperback, broadway fiction, david alexander, journalism fictionLeave a comment on 1956 Bantam paperback

1956 Dell paperback original – cover art by Art Sussman

1956 Dell paperback original

cover art by A.H.(Art) Sussman

better image than previously posted

pseudonym of E. Howard Hunt, CIA operative, pulp novelist and Watergate handler

Posted on September 4, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags art sussman, dell paperback, e. howard hunt, robert dietrichLeave a comment on 1956 Dell paperback original – cover art by Art Sussman

1955 Signet reissue – cover art by Clark Hulings

1955 Signet

cover art by Clark Hulings

November 20, 2013

Posted on September 4, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags clark hulings, french fiction, georges simenon, police procedural, signet paperbackLeave a comment on 1955 Signet reissue – cover art by Clark Hulings

1951 Bantam reissue

1951 Bantam

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Posted on September 4, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags alley, bantam paperback, w.r. burnettLeave a comment on 1951 Bantam reissue

July 1948 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

July 1948

cover art by Milton Luros

1951 Lion edition

cover art by Robert Maguire

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Posted on September 4, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, paperback, pulpTags black cat, crack detective stories, dagger, kermit jaediker, lion paperback, milton luros, robert maguire, typewriterLeave a comment on July 1948 issue ~ cover art by Milton Luros

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