cover art by Tom Lovell
Frederick C. Davis, “When the Bat Man Thirsts”
Wyatt Blassingame, “The Art That Is Learned in Hell”
G. T. Fleming-Roberts, “Mistress of the Murder Machine”
William Hines, “Death’s Warm Lips”
Paul Ernst, “The Monster Who Worked in Clay”
Francis James, “The Beauty Shop Horrors”
Roger Howard Norton, “Child’s Garden of Terror”
better image than previously posted
cover art by Peter Stevens
~ Curtis Cliff, “You’ll Never Die Rich”, 2nd of 3 with Honolulu PI Johnny Ford, 1st person-narrator, 2nd of 4 stories in BM
~ Richard Deming, “The Man Who Chose the Devil”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st person narrator, private eye with an artificial right leg due to WWII, reprinted in The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories (Vintage, 2010), 1st of 6 stories
~ G.T. Fleming-Roberts, “Pattern for Shrouds”, ‘Red Morgan, newspaper editor; politics & murder’, 5th of 8 stories in BM
~ W. Lee Herrington, [also published in BM as Alan Farley], “Your Funeral – Not Mine”, 2nd of 4 stories under this name in BM
~ Day Keene, “No Match for Murder”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ George F. Kull, “Death Is No Bargain”, Eddie Gates, private eye wearing glasses, 1st person narrator, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop
The Crime of My Life, 10 Story Detective cover, February 1949
Oil on board
22 x 15 inches (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
Signed lower right
Dated and titled on the reverse
[cover image updated 4/21/24]
G.T. Fleming -Roberts, “Lady Killer!“
D.L. Champion, “Yuma Appointment”
Frances Beck, “The Last, Long Ride”
Cyril Plunkett, “Second Kill”
Henry Norton, “Cadaver Wanted—Dead or Alive!“
Frances M. Deegan, “Torch Song”
Robert C. Dennis, “Crabtree’s Favorite Corpse”
Francis K. Allan, “Stand-in for Death”
Day Keene, “Murder on My Mind”
SMB Noir 
