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Tag: christmas crime

December 25, 1926 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

December 25, 1926

cover art by John A. Coughlin

Posted on December 25, 2023April 3, 2024Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags christmas crime, detective story magazine, john a. coughlin, magazine, santaLeave a comment on December 25, 1926 issue ~ cover art by John A. Coughlin

December 26, 1925 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Farrelly

December 26, 1925

cover art by Joseph Farrelly

Posted on December 25, 2023December 1, 2023Categories magazine, pulpTags christmas crime, ho ho ho, joseph farrelly, liberty magazine, santa, woman holding a gunLeave a comment on December 26, 1925 issue ~ cover art by Joseph Farrelly

December 25, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

December 25, 1939

cover art by Hubert Rogers

Posted on December 25, 2023December 11, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulpTags bruce douglas, christmas crime, hubert rogers, short stories magazine, w.c. tuttle, william chamberlainLeave a comment on December 25, 1939 issue ~ cover art by Hubert Rogers

HO HO HO – – –

Merry Christmas from U.N.C.L.E., Robert Vaughn

Posted on December 25, 2023December 1, 2023Categories government agent, Hardboiled, jokeTags christmas crime, man from uncle, napoleon solo, robert vaughnLeave a comment on HO HO HO – – –

December 25, 1943 issue ~ cover art by Pete Kuhlhoff

December 25, 1943

cover art by Pete Kuhlhoff

Posted on December 24, 2023December 1, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags christmas crime, hoilday crime, pete kuhlhoff, pulp art, short stories magazine, w.c. tuttleLeave a comment on December 25, 1943 issue ~ cover art by Pete Kuhlhoff

A little Christmas Eve crime

2000 Ballantine hardcover, first printing

debut novel by Phillips, surely a contemporary noir classic

Christmas Eve heist, Wichita, 1979 – what could go wrong?

Posted on December 24, 2023December 1, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulpTags ballantine hardcover, christmas crime, heist, ice harvest, kansas fiction, scott phillipsLeave a comment on A little Christmas Eve crime

Holiday Heist

1990 St. Martins hardcover, 1st print

1990 St. Martin’s mass market reissue

An ex-cop, burned out in a dead-end job, is enticed by an alluring co-worker into a plan to rob the chain of stores for which they work on Christmas Eve. Great dark comic noir.

Posted on December 24, 2023December 16, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, paperbackTags christmas crime, dame, femme fatale, heist, michigan fiction, noir, tom kakonisLeave a comment on Holiday Heist

1947 United Artists

1947 United Artists lobby card, 11×14″

Posted on December 24, 2023December 9, 2023Categories gangster, Hardboiled, pulpTags christmas crime, dining jacket, george brent, george raft, joan blondell, randolph scottLeave a comment on 1947 United Artists

December 19, 1925 issue

December 19, 1925

Posted on December 24, 2023December 1, 2023Categories crime fiction, magazine, mystery, pulpTags a.e. apple, austin j. small, christmas crime, detective story magazine, edgar wallace, hermon landon, paul ellsworth triem, pulp artLeave a comment on December 19, 1925 issue

Ho Ho Ho – – –

Die Hard, 1988

Posted on December 24, 2023December 1, 2023Categories crime fiction, hardcover, jokeTags christmas crime, die hard, heist, ho ho ho, john mcclane, nakatomi plazaLeave a comment on Ho Ho Ho – – –

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