Tag: noir

The Neon Jungle x 4 + 1

1953 Gold Medal paperback original

1958 Gold Medal reissue – cover art attributed to James Meese

1960 Gold Medal reissue

1960 Digit UK paperback – not the MacDonald but same art

`1981 Fawcett Gold Medal reissue

Cropper’s Cabin x 4

1952 Lion paperback original

better image than previously posted

1958 Pyramid reissue

cover art by Clark Hulings

better image than previously posted

1987 Black Lizard reissue

cover art by Jim Kirwan

1992 Black Lizard reissue

cover photo by Diana Klein

I Should Have Stayed Home x 5

first published as a hardcover in 1938 by Knopf, his third novel

1951 Signet reissue – cover art by Ray Pease

1966 Penguin UK reissue

1996 Serpent’s Tail reissue

2018 Bibliotech Press reissue

[post updated 4/10/26]

So Young, So Wicked x 2

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

better image than previously posted