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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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1956 Perma Books – cover art by Lou Marchetti

1956 Perma Books paperback of Ian Fleming’s Moonraker, published in hardcover in 1955 by Jonathan Cape

cover art by Lou Marchetti

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 16, 2025February 4, 2025Categories espionage fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags 007, ian fleming, james bond, lou marchetti, moonraker, perma paperbackLeave a comment on 1956 Perma Books – cover art by Lou Marchetti

1956 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

1956 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 16, 2025April 8, 2026Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, dame, day keene, femme fatale, gold medal paperbackLeave a comment on 1956 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Barye Phillips

October 1938 issue

October 1938

cover art by Dalton Stevens??

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 16, 2025June 21, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags benton braden, john h. knox, kay krausse, thrilling detective magazine, ward hawkins, woman with a gunLeave a comment on October 1938 issue

Scarlet Street

A stunning, Fine example of the French film pressbook for Fritz Lang’s ‘Scarlet Street’ (1945), based on Georges de la Fouchardiere’s 1930 novel ‘La Chienne’ (The Bitch), published in English the same year as ‘Poor Sap.’

September 24, 2013

Posted on February 16, 2025February 4, 2025Categories film noir, HardboiledTags crime film, dan duryea, edward g. robinson, french pulp, fritz lang, joan bennett, movie posterLeave a comment on Scarlet Street

Killer in white gloves

macredith

Posted on February 16, 2025February 4, 2025Categories film noir, HardboiledTags femme fatale, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Killer in white gloves

WHOOSH

September 24, 2013

Posted on February 16, 2025February 4, 2025Categories crime comic, HardboiledTags crime comicLeave a comment on WHOOSH

pulp art by Haddon Sundblom

September 23, 2013

Posted on February 16, 2025February 4, 2025Categories pulpTags haddon sundblomLeave a comment on pulp art by Haddon Sundblom

November 1942 issue

November 1942

Posted on February 15, 2025January 29, 2025Categories crime fiction, espionage fiction, government agent, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags c.k.m. scanlon, flashlight, fucking nazis, g-men detective magazine, laurence donovan, lugar, time bombLeave a comment on November 1942 issue

1960 Avon paperback ~ cover art by George Ziel

1960 Avon paperback original

cover art by George Ziel

4th with Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 15, 2025January 29, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags avon paperback, chester himes, coffin ed johnson, george ziel, grave digger jones, harlem fiction, police proceduralLeave a comment on 1960 Avon paperback ~ cover art by George Ziel

1960 Dell paperback ~ cover art by Harry Schaare

1960 Dell paperback original

cover art by Harry Schaare

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 15, 2025January 29, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dell paperback, harry schaare, james mckimmeyLeave a comment on 1960 Dell paperback ~ cover art by Harry Schaare

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