
cover art by Rudolph Belarski

[updated 12/31/25]

1952 Falcon paperback original
cover art by George Gross
1954 Phantom reissue in Australia
better image than previously posted


gouache on board, 24 x 17-3/4 inches (61.0 x 45.1 cm)
Signed lower right: Victor Kalin
Spy Hunt by Norman Daniels (Pyramid, 1960).



better image than previously posted
~ Curtis Cluff, “Leave Killings to the Cops”, last of 3 with Honolulu PI Johnny Ford, 1st person-narrator, 3rd of 4 stories in BM
~ Norman A. Daniels, “License to Kill “, Stacy Tucker, PI, last of 4 stories in BM
~ Richard Deming, “A Shot in the Arm”, Manville “Manny” Moon, 1st-person narrator, 2nd of 6 stories in BM
~ Paul W. Fairman, “Big-Time Operator”, ‘young guy (1st-person narrator) getting into the rackets, reprinted, The Hard-Boiled Detective (1977)’, author’s only appearance in BM
~ William Campbell Gault, “Don’t Bet on Death”, ‘Cary Vaughn & Ned Orlow, private eyes’, 7th of 9 stories in BM
~ W. Lee Herrington, [also published in BM as Alan Farley], “Bury Me Last”, ‘Barney Moffatt, D.A.’s office’, 3rd of 4 stories under this name in BM
~ Victor K. Ray, “Eeeney-Meeny-Money –Murder!”, ‘Bill Baldwin, nightclub bookkeeper, 1st person-narrator’, author’s only appearance in BM
©Seattle Mystery Bookshop

[images updated 6/11/25, post updated 1/29/26, 2/28/26]