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For the Fans of Hardboiled, Pulp & Gumshoe Art

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: spicy

1985 Corgi reissue

November 20, 2013

Posted on September 12, 2025August 27, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, spicyTags corgi paperback, james hadley chase, lingerie, pulp illustration, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1985 Corgi reissue

1962 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Rudy Nappi

cover art by Rudy Nappi

1962 Midwood paperback original

Posted on September 12, 2025August 27, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags con game, dame, midwood paperback, rudy nappi, smokingLeave a comment on 1962 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Rudy Nappi

aka Lawrence Block and Hal Dresner

1961 Bedside paperback original

cover art by Harold W. McCauley

November 16, 2013

Posted on September 12, 2025August 27, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags bedside paperback, don holliday, erotica, hal dresner, harold w. mccauley, lawrence blockLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block and Hal Dresner

Paul Rader x 2

1962 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Paul Rader

1967 Bee-Line paperback original

Rader’s name removed

Posted on September 6, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags bee-line paperback, dame, femme fatale, lurid, midwood paperback, mike skinner, paul rader, sleaze, val seranLeave a comment on Paul Rader x 2

1959 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Paul Rader

1959 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Paul Rader

one of Robert Silverberg’s many, many pseudonyms

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 5, 2025August 16, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags erotica, gordon mitchell, lurid, midwood paperback, robert silverberg, sleazeLeave a comment on 1959 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Paul Rader

April 1937 issue

April 1937

cover art by Jo of Shipman Studios

cover art repurposed – –

September 1937 issue

Posted on September 4, 2025August 16, 2025Categories pulp, spicyTags hollywood, john beck, saucy movie talesLeave a comment on April 1937 issue

May 1960 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

May 1960

cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

Posted on September 2, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, digest, Hardboiled, original art, pulp, spicyTags bound, carl pfeuffer, dagger, don unatin, edward hoch, leslie g. sabo, off beat detective storiesLeave a comment on May 1960 issue ~ cover art by Carl Pfeuffer

1960 Newsstand Library paperback – cover art by Robert Bonfils

1960 Newsstand Library paperback original

cover art by Robert Bonfils

Posted on September 1, 2025August 16, 2025Categories crime fiction, paperback, pulp, spicyTags bus, edward booth, newsstand library paperback, robert bonfilsLeave a comment on 1960 Newsstand Library paperback – cover art by Robert Bonfils

aka Lawrence Block

1961 Beacon paperback original

pseudonym of Lawrence Block

reissued in Jan. 2008 by Hard Case Crime as A Diet of Treacle

cover art by Chuck Pyle

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories crime comic, paperback, pulp, spicyTags beacon paperback, beatniks, chuck pyle, erotica, hard case crime, lawrence block, lurid, sheldon lord, sleazeLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block

National Informer Tabloid

1959 (?)

November 11, 2013

Posted on August 28, 2025August 8, 2025Categories spicy, true crimeTags hollywood, lurid, natinoal informer, sleazyLeave a comment on National Informer Tabloid

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