
cover art by Rudolph Belarski


1952 Crown hardcover
October 1952 Signet paperback, first printing
first of the series, introducing Kansas City private eye Johnny April, written by a pair of detectives – John Roscoe and Michael Ruso – who worked together at Hargrove’s Detective Agency in KC
cover painting by D.G Summers


Farewell My Lovely, 1980
Acrylic and pencil on board, 18-1/4 x 14-1/4 inches (46.4 x 36.2 cm)
Initialed lower left

Oil on board, 27 x 16.5 in.
Signed lower left

This illustration appeared on the cover of Lionel White’s crime noir novel, To Find a Killer, Signet Books #1241, 1955
