I Should Have Stayed Home x 5

first published as a hardcover in 1938 by Knopf, his third novel

1951 Signet reissue – cover art by Ray Pease

1966 Penguin UK reissue

1996 Serpent’s Tail reissue

2018 Bibliotech Press reissue

[post updated 4/10/26]

Hang By Your Neck x 2

1949 Simon & Schuster hardcover, his third with private eye Peter Chambers. Kane preferred “private richard” to “private dick”

1950 Dell mapback

cover art by Victor Kalin

better image than previously posted

1955 Signet paperback reissue

better image than previously posted

[post updated 10/24/26]