

cover art by Barye Phillip
better image than previously posted


1947 UK hardcover from Collins and US hardcover from Dodd Mead

1949 Bantam reissue – cover art by C.C. Beall

sketch for the cover by Sam Peffer


1959 Avon edition – cover art by Darcy

1960 UK paperback reissue – cover art by Sam Peffer

1962 Fontana reissue – cover art by John L. Baker

1965 Fontana UK reissue – cover art by Renato Fratini.

1971 Knopf hardcover, first edition – cover design by Hal Seigel

London: Collins Crime Club, 1971. First UK Edition. The 16th novel in the Lew Archer series.



1979 Bantam reissue – cover art by Mitchell Hooks


1992 Warner reissue – cover art by Gary Kelley

1996 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue



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]

1962 Fontana paperback reissue
20th with Superindendent Roderick Alleyn

cover art by Renato Fratini