
1953 Morrow hardcover, the 45th Perry Mason novel

1941 Morrow hardcover
4th in the Bertha Cool & Donald Lam series

cover art by George A. Frederiksen/ mapback by Ruth Belew


1951 British Pocket paperback edition
cover art by Roland Davies

1959 Panther edition from Britain – cover art by Ley Kenton

1952. Dell reissue – cover art by Carl Bobertz

1957 Dell reissue – cover illustration by by Push-Pin Studios

April 1962 Dell reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett

1967 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Abbett

7th with private eyes Bertha Cool and Donald Lam

1948 Dell reissue – cover art by Gerald Gregg
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1953 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Stanley



1963 Dell reissue – cover art by Ron Lesser

1966 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Abbett

1955 Morrow hardcover / 50th Perry Mason novel

1958 Cardinal reissue – cover art by Mitchell Hooks

Heinemann released the UK hardcover in 1961
1963 Pan reissue – cover art by Harry Sheldon
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1963 Pocket reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1970s Mayflower edition from the UK




2nd book with Gramps Wiggins
cover art by Wayne Blickenstaff

1961 Pocket reissue – cover art by Charles Binger
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1963 Horwitz edition from Australia

1963 British edition from Penguin
cover art by Sheila Perry

9th with private eye team Bertha Cool and Donald Lam



August 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

published in 1951 by Heinemann in London as An Axe to Grind. this the 1960 Australian edition by Horowitz


cover art by Harry Bennett
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41st Perry Mason novel

cover photo of Ellen Burstyn by Silver Studios

1961 Great Pan edition from the UK – cover art by Sam Peffer

November 1962 Pocket reissue, 5th printing
cover art Robert McGinnis
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1946 William Morrow, first edition.

Geoffrey Homes, Build My Gallows High, 1946 Morrow hardcover
1956 Ace Double paperback reissue
cover art by Harry Barton
basis for the 1947 film noir classic Out of the Past
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1958 Morrow hardcover, first edition of the 55th Perry Mason novel

June 1960 Pocket paperback reissue, first printing
cover art by Charles Binger?
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June 1964 Pocket reissue, 6th printing
cover art by Robert McGinnis
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1947 Morrow hardcover, first edition. Original dust jacket.
29th Perry Mason novel

March 1952 Pocket paperback reissue, third printing
cover art by Earle Bergey

November 1960 Pocket paperback reissue, 5th printing
cover art by Charles Binger
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