1950 Avon paperback original. six stories that first appeared in Black Mask Magazine
“The Red Hots” (December 1930)
“Get a Load of This” (February 1931)
“Spare the Rod” (August 1931)
“Pearls are Tears” (September 1931)
“Death’s Not Enough” (October 1931)
“Save Your Tears” (June 1933)
1963 Regency paperback original
adapted into the 1990 neo-noir with John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Pat Hingle, and Annette Benning
directed by Stephen Frears
Donald E. Westlake won the Academy Award for adapted screenplay
1935 Morrow hardcover as The Clew of the Forgotten Murder as by Carleton Kendrake
April 1953 Pocket paperback reissue, 19th printing
cover painting by Frank McCarthy
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cover art by Ernest Chiriacka (Darcy)
April 1960 Dell paperback reissue, first printing
cover painting by Robert McGinnis
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1947 Morrow hardcover, first edition. Original dust jacket.
29th Perry Mason novel
March 1952 Pocket paperback reissue, third printing
cover art by Earle Bergey
November 1960 Pocket paperback reissue, 5th printing
cover art by Charles Binger
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November 1959 Cardinal paperback reissue, first printing
cover art by Charles Binger
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cover art by Norman Saunders
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cover art by William Rose
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pseudonym of Charles Fulton Oursler
published by Covici, 1932, as About the Murder of a Circus Queen
published as The Murder of the Circus Queen, 1933, in London by Collins
cover art by Rudolph Belarski
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