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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

cover art by Victor Kalin

1956 Rinehart hardcover, 1958 Dell paperback reissue

10th in the Johnny Liddell series

cover art by Victor Kalin

Posted on January 22, 2025January 20, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, frank kane, johnny liddell, private eye, victor kalinLeave a comment on cover art by Victor Kalin

1959 Ace Double reissue

1959 Ace Double reissue, US first appearance which makes it a US paperback original

Posted on January 21, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, harry whittington, noirLeave a comment on 1959 Ace Double reissue

cover art by Clark Hulings

cover art by Clark Hulings

1956 Macrae Smith hardcover

1957 Perma paperback reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 20, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags clark hulings, dame, femme fatale, floyd mahannah, perma paperbackLeave a comment on cover art by Clark Hulings

Poison in Jest x 2

1932 Harper hardcover

1951 Popular Library reissue

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

cover art by Robert Maguire

1957 Berkley reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 20, 2025January 8, 2025Categories mystery, original art, paperbackTags berkley paperback, popular library, robert maguire, rudolph belarski, venetian blinds, wall safeLeave a comment on Poison in Jest x 2

Gil Brewer: similar but different

1951 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Don Lupo

1957 Crest paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 19, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, crest paperback, don lupo, femme fatale, gil brewer, gold medal paperbackLeave a comment on Gil Brewer: similar but different

1963 Monarch paperback

1963 Monarch paperback original

Posted on January 19, 2025January 8, 2025Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags carson bingham, juvenile delinquent, monarch paperbackLeave a comment on 1963 Monarch paperback

1962 Ace Double paperback original

1962 Ace Double paperback original

better image than previously posted

paired with

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 19, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ace double paperback, bob mcknight, clayton fox, dame, femme fatale, smokingLeave a comment on 1962 Ace Double paperback original

May 2014 issue ~ cover art by Michael Koelsch

May 2014

cover art by Michael Koelsch

originally published in 1962 by Nightstand Books, a paperback original, as Border Lust written by Don Holliday, cover art by Harold McCauley

Posted on January 19, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags don holliday, hard case crime, lawrence block, michael koelsch, noir, straight razor, thrillerLeave a comment on May 2014 issue ~ cover art by Michael Koelsch

1954 Bantam reissue ~ cover art by George Gross

pen name of Aaron Marc Stein

1946 Doubleday hardcover

1954 Bantam reissue

cover art by George Gross

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 19, 2025January 8, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bantam paperback, fire escape, george bagby, police proceduralLeave a comment on 1954 Bantam reissue ~ cover art by George Gross

aka Donald E. Westlake

aka Donald E. Westlake

1959 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Ron Lesser

Posted on January 19, 2025January 8, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags alan marshall, donald e. westlake, midwood paperback, sleaze, soft coreLeave a comment on aka Donald E. Westlake

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