
pseudonym of Lawrence Lariar
1959 Signet paperback original
cover art by Robert Schulz

pseudonym of Lawrence Lariar
1959 Signet paperback original
cover art by Robert Schulz

Lawrence Lariar also wrote under the names Adam Knight, Michael Lawrence and Michael Stark
first published in 1943 by Phoenix as Death Paints the Picture, reprinted by Crime Novel Selection as Death is the Host that same year
better image than previously posted

1960 Popular Library paperback original, second of two books with Johnny Amsterdam
Michael Lawrence was one of the pseudonyms used by Lawrence Lariar
cover art attributed to Ted CoConis

Oil on board, 19.25 x 14.25 in. (sight)
Signed lower right
Murder for Madame by Adam Knight, Signet #920, 1952.

pseudonym of Lawrence Lariar
[updated 6/23/25]