
cover art by F. G. Kutner

better image than previously posted
cover art by Robert E. Schulz


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

1959 from the Detective Book Club, this the 1960 Pocket paperback reissue
cover art by Robert Abbett

Cantine, Holley, and Dachine Rainer (eds.):
PRISON ETIQUETTE: THE CONVICT’S COMPENDIUM OF USEFUL INFORMATION
Retort Press, Bearsville, NY, 1950.

written by Stephen Daniel Frances, who originated the name and character
1951 S.D. Francis paperback
cover art by Reginald Heade