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July 1938 issue ~ cover art by John Fleming Gould

July 1938 issue

cover art by John Fleming Gould

Carroll John Daly, “A Corpse for a Corpse” (Race Williams)

Will McMorrow, “The House with the Red Door)

D.L. Champion, “Footprints on a Brain” (Insp. Allhoff)

T.T. Flynn, “Mr. Maddox and the Gray Ghost”

Jan Dana, “Murder for Not Much”

better image than previously posted

[updated 2/1/26]

The Drowning Pool x 4

December 1959 Pocket paperback, 2nd print

2nd Lew Archer, an August 1950 Knopf hardcover

cover painting by James Meese

1966 Pocket reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett

1974 Bantam reissue

British 1975 Fontana movie tie-in

Australian 2012 Penguin reissue

Australian 2023 Penguin reissue

[updated 8/20/26]

January 1938 issue ~ cover art by Walter Baumhofer

January 1938 issue

cover art by Walter Baumhofer

Carroll John Daly, “Book of the Dead” (Race Williams)

Raymond Chandler, “Red Wind” (John Dalmas)

Jan Dana, “To the Murder Born”

B.B. Fowler, “Lead Legacy”

George A. Shaftel, “Star-Crossed”

Dale Clark, “Stone-Blind Killer”

better image than previously posted

“There was a desert wind blowing that night. It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch. One nights like that every booze party ends in a fight. Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husband’s necks. Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.”

– Chandler, “Red Wind”

[cover updated 8/11/26]