
cover art by Gerald Gregg
map by Ruth Belew
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1946 Dell mapback, cover art by Gerald Gregg

1949, Dell Book #323, cover art by William George Jacobson
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1963 Dell reissue, cover art by Robert McGinnis


published in 1942 by Morrow, this a later 1947 paperback reprint
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1944 Dell mapback reissue
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selection of two connected Continental Op stories, “The Big Knockover” and “$106,000 Blood Money”:
“The Big Knock-over”, Black Mask Magazine, February 1927
“$106,000 Blood Money”, Black Mask Magazine, March 1927

1947 Simon and Schuster hardcover
Kane’s debut novel and debut of Chambers

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1950 Boardman hardcover from Britain – cover art by Denis McLoughlin

Kane’s first with private eye (Kane preferred “private Richard”) Peter Chambers, a 1947 Simon & Schuster hardcover. The title was changed for the revised 1956 Avon softcover.
cover art by Ray Johnson

1955 Boardman paperback – Denis McLoughlin cover art

1960 Avon reissue – cover art by Ray Johnson
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originally published in Sept. 1941 issue of Black Mask Magazine as “Killers are Camera Shy”,

1948 Dell mapback, mapback by Ruth Belew
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1940 Morrow hardcover
10th whodunnit with Sir Henry Merrivale
cover art by Gerald Gregg