Tag: femme fatale

1962 Signet paperback original – cover art by Robert McGinniks

cover art by Robert McGinnis

first published in Australia by Horowitz, 1962, then in the US by Signet, a paperback original

cover art repurposed for 1967 Signet by James Dark

1957 Dell paperback – cover art by Robert McGinnis

pseudonym of E. Howard Hunt, CIA spook, Nixon bag-man, Watergate op and spy novelist

1957 Dell paperback original with DC accountant Steve Bentley – this the first in that series.

cover art by Robert McGinnis

better image than previously posted

So Young, So Wicked x 2

pseudonym of Frank E. Smith

1957 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by William Rose

non-series noir thriller

a syndicate killer has a contract to take out this 15-year-old who has played the risky game of blackmailing mobsters.

undated Gold Medal reissue

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

1950 Dell mapback ~ cover art by Victor Kalin

1949 Simon & Schuster hardcover, his third with private eye Peter Chambers. Kane preferred “private richard” to “private dick”

1950 Dell mapback

cover art by Victor Kalin

better image than previously posted

1958 Perma paperback original ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

1958 Perma paperback original

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

below is variant cover of unknown release or origin