1949 Bantam reissue – cover art by William Wirtz

1938 Heinemann hardcover in the UK, published in the US that same year by Viking. this the later Bantam softcover

murder of a stool pigeon by a penny-ante race track gang lead by a malicious teenage boy.

better image than previously posted

Howard Brown publishing as John Evans

May 1946 Bobbs-Merrill hardcover

December 1946 Bantam paperback reissue

His first with Chicago private eye Paul Pine, a terrific Chandleresque series that is far too little known

February 1958 reissue, 3rd printing

1984 Quill reissue, 1st printing

cover art by Steve Macanga