August 1960 Dell paperback reissue, first printing
cover painting by Robert McGuire
better image than previously posted
cover art by Robert Maguire
Tag: femme fatale
April 1938 issue
Double Trouble
cover arty by Robert Maguire
November 1958 Crest paperback
November 1958 Crest paperback original, first printing
1960 Dell reissue ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis
Hardest of the Hardboiled #2 x 7
1933 Doubleday Doran advance reading copy
1948 Avon reprint, 1st paperback edition
cover art by Ann Cantor
Fast One was Cain’s sole novel
Chandler termed it the “high point in the ultra hard-boiled manner”
cover art by Victor Olsen
1978 Southern Illinois University Press
an entry in their “Lost American Fiction” series
1980 Popular Library 1st print reissue
cover art by Jin Campbell
1987 Black Lizard reissue
cover art by Kirwin
February 2012 Centipede hardcover
cover art by Ron Lesser
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
[updated 6/26/25]
March 1963 Gold Medal paperback original
March 1963 Gold Medal paperback original, second printing
cover art by Robert McGinnis
better image than previously posted
1960 Crest paperback
October 1957 Perma Book paperback original
October 1957 Perma Book paperback original, first printing
cover painting by James Meese
better image than previously posted
pen name of Evan Hunter AKA Ed McBain
SMB Noir 