
cover art by Harry Schaare

1948 Dutton hardcover, this the later 1949 Bantam reissue
cover art by Robert Stanley
better image than previously posted
his second novel
2nd in his Edgar-winning series with amateur sleuths Ed and Am Hunter
cover art repurposed for 1952 Presses de la cité edition

Recueil de 3 nouvelles : La rousse rafle tout (“Finger Man”) – La porte de bronze (“The Bronze Door”) (nouvelle fantastique)- Un crime fait de chic (“Smart-Aleck Kill”) – Complété par l’essai “Le crime est un art simple”(“The Simple Art of Murder”)

1947 UK hardcover from Collins and US hardcover from Dodd Mead

1949 Bantam reissue – cover art by C.C. Beall

sketch for the cover by Sam Peffer


1959 Avon edition – cover art by Darcy

1960 UK paperback reissue – cover art by Sam Peffer

1962 Fontana reissue – cover art by John L. Baker

1965 Fontana UK reissue – cover art by Renato Fratini.

Bantam 783, 1950
Cover art by Harry Schaare
1949 Dutton hardcover
4th book, 3rd with Ed and Am Hunter

pseudonym of Lee Roberts
1954 Dodd Mead hardcover, this the later 1955 Bantam paperback
cover art by Mitchell Hooks


cover by Richard Powers

cover art by Kelly Freas


1954 Dodd Mead hardcover
1956 Bantam reissue
6th in the series with Philadelphia private eye Carney Wilde, though this particular book is set in Mississippi