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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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May 1950 issue ~ cover art by Bob Graves

May 1950

cover art by Bob Graves

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2025December 14, 2024Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, spicy, true crimeTags bob graves, dame, lurid, underworld detective magazineLeave a comment on May 1950 issue ~ cover art by Bob Graves

June 1952 issue ~ cover art by Michael McCann

June 1952

cover art by Michael McCann

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2025December 14, 2024Categories finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, detective world magazine, femme fatale, michael mccann, smokingLeave a comment on June 1952 issue ~ cover art by Michael McCann

1957 Interpol (aka Pickup Alley)

Anita Ekberg

Posted on January 8, 2025December 14, 2024Categories crime fictionTags anita ekberg, crime movie, dame, promo shot, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1957 Interpol (aka Pickup Alley)

1959 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

1955 Simon and Schuster hardcover, this the 1959 Dell reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

2nd book with NYPD Lt. Timothy Trant

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2025December 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, dell paperback, patrick quentin, police procedural, robert mcginnisLeave a comment on 1959 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

April 1942 UK issue

April 1942 UK issue

contents from the April 1942 US issue

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2025December 14, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags black mask magazine, dame, erle stanley gardner, handcuffs, mink stole, woman with a gunLeave a comment on April 1942 UK issue

January 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arthur Wilson

January 1930

cover art by Arthur Wilson

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2025December 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, gangster, Hardboiled, magazine, pulpTags arthur wilson, c.b. yorke, dame, gangster stories magazine, gun molls, jack d'arcy, john scott douglas, peter perry, rackateers, woman with a gunLeave a comment on January 1930 issue ~ cover art by Arthur Wilson

1955 Bantam reissue

1955 Bantam reissue

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 8, 2025December 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bantam paperback, dame, femme fatale, robert martinLeave a comment on 1955 Bantam reissue

May 1965 Pocket paperback original

May 1965 Pocket paperback original, first printing

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

Posted on January 3, 2025December 14, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, dame, private eye, richard s. prather, shell scottLeave a comment on May 1965 Pocket paperback original

2013 Hard Case reissue ~ cover art by Gregory Machness

2013 Hard Case

cover art by Gregory Machness

originally published in 1969 by World

August 13, 2013

Posted on December 29, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, femme fatale, gregory machness, hard case crime, john lange, michael crichton, smokingLeave a comment on 2013 Hard Case reissue ~ cover art by Gregory Machness

1959 Dell paperback ~ cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

watercolor and gouache on board

1959 Dell paperback original

Posted on December 29, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags dame, darcy, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, gambling fiction, james mckimmey, rouletteLeave a comment on 1959 Dell paperback ~ cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)

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