
December 1951 issue



Ernest Chiriacka – aka Darcy – (American, 1920-2010)
The Tussle
Watercolor and ink on board
15-1/4 x 13-3/4 inches (38.7 x 34.9 cm)
Signed with pseudonym lower right

Charles Wesley Copeland (American, 1924-1979)
Case of the Deadly Tease, For Men Only magazine cover, September 1963
Gouache on board
14-3/8 x 11-5/8 inches (36.5 x 29.5 cm) (sight)
Not signed


Robert McGinnis (American, 1926)
Gouache on board
10-1/2 x 13 inches (26.7 x 33.0 cm) (image)
Signed center left

Mike Shayne’s 50th Case, Dell reissue, 1965

Ron Lesser
Thrilling Detective, Deadly Dames #1, unpublished painting
Oil on Masonite
24 x 19.25 in.
Signed lower right

Glen Orbik
Oil on board
21-1/4 x 16 inches (54.0 x 40.6 cm)
Signed lower left

October 2013 Hard Case Crime reissue
one of a handful of thrillers Crichton wrote under a pen name while in medical school