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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Tag: lingerie

a little cold metal

December 06, 2013

Posted on December 18, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime comic, Hardboiled, pulp, spicyTags dame, lingerie, shoulder holster, woman with a gunLeave a comment on a little cold metal

1957 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

Robert Maguire (American, 1921-2005)
The Flesh Was Cold paperback cover, 1957 Signet reissue
oil on Masonite, 24 x 16 inches (61.0 x 40.6 cm), not signed

Posted on December 17, 2025November 24, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulpTags bruno fischer, lingerie, oil on masonite, robert maguire, signet paperbackLeave a comment on 1957 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

1948 Martin & Reid Publishers paperback

1948 Martin & Reid Publishers paperback

written by Mick Anglo

Posted on December 12, 2025November 23, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperbackTags dame, femme fatale, johnny dekker, lingerie, martin & reid, mick anglo, private eye, stockingsLeave a comment on 1948 Martin & Reid Publishers paperback

August 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

cover art by H.J. Ward

August 1936 issue

Posted on December 2, 2025November 22, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, original art, pulp, spicyTags arrow, ghoul, h.j. ward, hunchback, justin case, lingerie, spicy mystery stories, tagetLeave a comment on August 1936 issue ~ cover art by H.J. Ward

January 1935 issue

January 1935

cover art by H.J. Ward

Posted on November 27, 2025November 3, 2025Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, maritime fiction, mystery, pulp, spicyTags ben judson, dagger, lingerie, racist imagery, shipwreck, spicy adventure stories magazine, yellow menaceLeave a comment on January 1935 issue

aka Lawrence Block x 2

1959 Midwood/Tower paperback original

cover art by Paul Rader

1967 Midwood paperback reissue

November 27, 2013

Posted on October 27, 2025October 12, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags garter, lawrence block, lingerie, lurid, midwood paperback, sheldon lord, sleaze, smoking, stockingsLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block x 2

March 1939 issue

March 1939

Posted on October 1, 2025September 25, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, true crimeTags crime detective magazine, lingerieLeave a comment on March 1939 issue

1952 Beacon paperback original – cover art by Owen Kampen

1952 Beacon paperback original

cover art by Owen Kampen

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 26, 2025September 23, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags beacon paperback, dame, femme fatale, les scott, lingerie, owen kampenLeave a comment on 1952 Beacon paperback original – cover art by Owen Kampen

1966 Netherlands edition

1966 Netherlands edition

translation of One Minute to Kill

November 30, 2013

1964 Gold Star paperback original

cover art by Harry Barton

Posted on September 25, 2025September 23, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, george harmon coxe, gold star paperback, harry barton, lingerie, netherlands pulpLeave a comment on 1966 Netherlands edition

1985 Corgi reissue

November 20, 2013

Posted on September 12, 2025August 27, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, spicyTags corgi paperback, james hadley chase, lingerie, pulp illustration, stockings, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1985 Corgi reissue

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