
April 1948
cover art by Michael McCann?

cover art attributed to Rudy Nappi
cover reused for September 1953 issue of Best True Fact Detective


John D. MacDonald’s first novel
1950 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by Barye Phillips
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cover art by Barye Phillips


1955 Dell paperback original.
cover art by George Gross
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also published as On the Make in 1960 by Dell
cover art by Mitchell Hooks
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pseudonym of Bill Miller and Robert Wade. they also wrote as Will Daemer, Dale Wilmer and White Masterson
cover art by Charles Copeland

cover art by Jerry Allison
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1963 Gold Medal paperback original
cover painting by Robert McGinnis
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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


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
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