
1951 Dell mapback – cover art by Barye Phillips
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1949 Random House hardcover
her 18th with Insp. Christopher McKee, the Scotsman in charge of the Manhattan Homicide Squad


1951 Dell mapback – cover art by Barye Phillips
better image than previously posted
1949 Random House hardcover
her 18th with Insp. Christopher McKee, the Scotsman in charge of the Manhattan Homicide Squad


1950 Jenkins hardcover in the UK, published as a US hardcover by Random House in 1949, this the later Graphic softcover
far from his Fu Manchu thrillers, Hangover House was based on his unproduced stage play, a traditional manor house whodunnit.
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Cornell Woolrich writing under the pen name William Irish
published in hardcover by Rinehart in 1951, this the later 1952 Popular Library softcover
his last novel published as William Irish
cover art by Rudolph Belarski
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1956 Harper hardcover, re-titled by Collins for the UK hardcover that same year as Death in Grease Paint
first of his two mysteries with Howie Rook, middle-aged, over-weight former newspaperman and draws on the author’s own experience as a clown with the Ringling Brothers Circus
cover art by James Meese


1`956 Lion reissue – cover art by Morgan Kane

1962 Pyramid reissue, cover art by Mort Engel

1984 Black Lizard reissue – over by Nancy MacGregor



1947 Locke publication under the original title The Curiosity of Etienne MacGregor. reissued in 1952 by Todd as The Sweetheart of the Razors with 43 extra pages
1958 Ace Books UK release, cover by Donelli