
1960 Gold Medal paperback original
pseudonym of Frank E. Smith
cover art by Darrell Greene
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8th in the Peter Shelby series, set in Manhattan’s Sixth Precinct

1960 Gold Medal paperback original
pseudonym of Frank E. Smith
cover art by Darrell Greene
better image than previously posted
8th in the Peter Shelby series, set in Manhattan’s Sixth Precinct

1957 Gold Medal paperback original
‘Jonathan Craig’ was a pseudonym of Frank E. Smith’s
cover art by Stanley Zuckerberg
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cover art by Norman Saunders – oil on board, 22 x 15 in.
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John D. MacDonald, “His Fatal Fling”
Hank Searls, “Keep Your Money Side Up” (Shamus Blair)
Jonathan Craig, “One Sweet Frame”
Mel Colton, “Corpse-Gathering Cutie” (Johnny Rock)
John Granger, “The Busy Body” (Gumshoe Rory)
H. Hassell Gross, “Death Was the Bride”
Frederick C. Davis, “Kill Me, Kate!”


pseudonym of Frank E. Smith
1957 Gold Medal paperback original
cover art by William Rose
non-series noir thriller
a syndicate killer has a contract to take out this 15-year-old who has played the risky game of blackmailing mobsters.

undated Gold Medal reissue
cover art by Barye Phillips
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