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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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1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1957 Gold Medal paperback original

8th with private eye Ed Noon

cover art by Mitchell Hooks

better image than previously posted

November 24, 2013

Posted on September 29, 2025September 25, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags ed noon, mike avallone, mitchell hooks, private eye, voodooLeave a comment on 1957 Gold Medal paperback original – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

1955 Perma Books reissue – cover art by James Meese

cover art by James Meese

1954 Rinehart hardcover

1955 Perma Books reissue

3rd Ed Noon

November 26, 2013

Posted on September 26, 2025September 23, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bound, james meese, mike avallone, perma paperback, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1955 Perma Books reissue – cover art by James Meese

1960 Gold Medal paperback original

1960 Gold Medal paperback original

better image than previously posted

Posted on June 15, 2025May 28, 2025Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperbackTags gold medal paperback, mike avallone, pulp illustrationLeave a comment on 1960 Gold Medal paperback original

1961 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Robert Maguire

1961 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Robert Maguire

Posted on June 12, 2025June 21, 2025Categories crime fiction, finest kind, paperback, pulpTags dame, midwood paperback, mike avallone, stripperLeave a comment on 1961 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Robert Maguire

cover art by Paul Rader

Tempera on board, 12-7/8 x 6-7/8 inches (32.7 x 17.5 cm) (sight)
Not signed (signature whited out bottom left, visible on book’s cover)

Midwood paperback original, 1962

Posted on September 17, 2024September 10, 2024Categories Hardboiled, original art, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, femme fatale, midwood paperback, mike avallone, paul rader, tempera on boardLeave a comment on cover art by Paul Rader
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