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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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1960 Pocket paperback – cover art by Robert Abbett

1959 from the Detective Book Club, this the 1960 Pocket paperback reissue

cover art by Robert Abbett

Posted on May 11, 2025April 17, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags don tracy, florida fiction, pocket paperback, robert abbettLeave a comment on 1960 Pocket paperback – cover art by Robert Abbett

1956 Lion reissue ~ cover art by Charles Copeland

1956 Lion reissue

cover art by Charles Copeland

Criss-Cross, 1934 Vanguard hardcover, basis for the 1949 film noir directed by Robert Siodmak, starring Burt Lancaster and Ava Gardner

Posted on December 29, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags criss cross, dame, don tracy, femme fatale, heistLeave a comment on 1956 Lion reissue ~ cover art by Charles Copeland

1960 Perma paperback

1960 Perma paperback original

better image than previously posted

Posted on December 20, 2024December 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, government agent, Hardboiled, pulpTags dame, don tracy, femme fatale, military police, perma paperbackLeave a comment on 1960 Perma paperback

1948 Triangle hardcover

1934 Vanguard hardcover

February 1948 Triangle hardcover reissue

basis for the 1948 Robert Siodmak film noir starring Burt Lancaster, Yvonne DeCarlo, and Dan Duryea

Posted on September 8, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, film noir, Hardboiled, pulpTags burt lancaster, dan duryea, don tracy, double cross, film noir, heist, movie poster, triangle hardcover, yvonne decarloLeave a comment on 1948 Triangle hardcover

October 1962 Pocket paperback original

October 1962 Pocket paperback original, first printing

cover art by Harry Bennett

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 27, 2024August 16, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, war fictionTags don tracy, harry bennett, military police, pocket paperback, skull, swampLeave a comment on October 1962 Pocket paperback original

October 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

October 1940

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on November 18, 2023November 16, 2023Categories horror fiction, magazine, weird fictionTags august derleth, don tracy, ghoul, mark schorer, pulp art, robert bloch, rudolph belarski, seabury quinn, skeleton, skull, strange stories magazine, weird fictionLeave a comment on October 1940 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski
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