
cover art by Robert Maguire

1940 Simon and Schuster hardcover as The Bride Wore Black, first novel and the beginning of his “Black” title run
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August 1961 issue of Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine


1956 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
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1987 Black Lizard reissue with new title
[updated 6/20/25]

November 1954 Popular Press paperback, second printing
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4th with private eye Timothy Dane
“When Timothy Dane is hired by a ruthless gang of hoodlums to find the killer of their chief, the tough private eye finds himself caught in a crossfire between vicious mobsters, gun-happy cops, and men living by the jungle law of the waterfront – plus a luscious show-girl whose specialty is a certain kind of ‘private party’”

Tempera on board, 12-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches (32.7 x 17.5 cm) (sight)
Not signed (signature whited out bottom left, visible on book’s cover)
Midwood paperback original, 1962


acrylic cover art by Robert Abbett
1963 PermaBook paperback original

one of the finest cover paintings ever

August 1960 Dell paperback reissue, first printing
cover painting by Robert McGuire
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