Texas by the Tail X 4

1965 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

better image than previously posted

1992 Xanadu trade paper reissue from the UK

1994 Vintage Crime/Black Lizard reissue

2012 Mulholland reissue

Cropper’s Cabin x 4

1952 Lion paperback original

better image than previously posted

1958 Pyramid reissue

cover art by Clark Hulings

better image than previously posted

1987 Black Lizard reissue

cover art by Jim Kirwan

1992 Black Lizard reissue

cover photo by Diana Klein

A Hell of a Woman x 6

1954 Lion paperback original

1`956 Lion reissue – cover art by Morgan Kane

1962 Pyramid reissue, cover art by Mort Engel

1984 Black Lizard reissue – over by Nancy MacGregor

1990 Black Lizard reissue

2014 Mulholand reissue

Nothing More Than Murder x 6

1949 Harper & Bros. hardcover

better image than previously posted

1949 Hillman reissue – first paperback edition

1953 Dell paperback reissue

better image than previously posted

1991 Black Lizard paperback reissue

cover art by Kirwan

1991 Black Lizard reissue

2014 Mulholland reissue

[post updated 6/13/25]

1963 Regency paperback original

1963 Regency paperback original

adapted into the 1990 neo-noir with John Cusack, Anjelica Huston, Pat Hingle, and Annette Benning

directed by Stephen Frears

Donald E. Westlake won the Academy Award for adapted screenplay

1975 UK quad poster – pulp art by David McKacken

Charlotte Rampling as Velma

[updated 9/22/25]