originally published in 1932 by Viking as by Barnaby Ross. 2nd in the cousin’s series with actor/sleuth Drury Lane.
cover art by George Gross
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1959 Avon reissue – cover art by George Gross
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1951 Avon reissue
5th in the Lord Peter Wimsey series, originally published in 1930 – this a later reissue and, certainly, ‘pulped up’ and made to appear much more hardboiled. It is also the novel in which Lord Peter first meets the love of his life, mystery writer Harriet Vane
Kiss the Killer x 2
1958 Avon paperback original
1949 Avon paperback – cover art by Ann Cantor)
1938 McBride hardcover
cover art by Ann Cantor
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basis for the 1947 film noir
Homicide for Hannah x 4
1941 Knopf hardcover, 1945 Avon reissue
cover art by Paul Stahr
published by Hale in the UK as Murder for Hannah
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1943 Avon Murder Mystery Monthly digest
cover art by William Frost (William Forrest)
1941 Knopf hardcover, first edition
“The second appearance of the character Hanna Van Doren, considered the first female hard-boiled detective in American literature.”
Repurposed Redhead
1953 Avon paperback ~ cover art by Ray Johnson
1960 Avon paperback ~ cover art by George Ziel
cover art by George Ziel
4th with Coffin Ed Johnson and Grave Digger Jones
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George Ziel x 2
1957 Avon paperback original
cover art by George Ziel altered slightly for –
1959 Panther from Britain (1957 Signet reissue in the US)
SMB Noir 