Cool it on the Beach

1950 White Circle reissue

if you look closely at the paperback that she’s reading on the cover of Zero Cool, you’ll see it is Grave Descend, another Hard Case Crime with cover art by Glen Orbik. It is a great little piece of self-reference.

January 1959 Perma Books

1957 Crown hardcover

January 1959 abridged edition, first print paperback

“Here’s the inside dope on the most relentless racket-busting crusade in history. ‘Dan’ Danforth, an investigator for the New York District Attorney’s office, tells the intimate facts of five investigations that broke the back of a powerful and deadly underworld.”