Tag: femme fatale

The Lethal Sex x 2

1959 Dell paperback original anthology of short stories by women crime writers, an idea initiated by MacDonald

cover painting by Ron Lesser

1962 Fontana edition from the UK

cover art by John L. Baker

better image than previously posted

[post updated 10/8/25]

Build My Gallows High/Out of the Past

1946 William Morrow, first edition.

Geoffrey Homes, Build My Gallows High, 1946 Morrow hardcover

1956 Ace Double paperback reissue

cover art by Harry Barton

basis for the 1947 film noir classic Out of the Past

better image than previously posted

[post updated 7/3/25]

1953 Gold Medal paperback original ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

1953 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

his third book, later reprinted as The Hot Spot, made into a movie directed by Dennis Hopper in 1990, staring Don Johnson, Jennifer Connelly and Virginia Madsen