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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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aka Lawrence Block

aka Lawrence Block

1960 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Paul Rader

Posted on February 8, 2025January 28, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags lawrence block, lurid, midwood paperback, paul rader, saucy, sheldon lordLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block

aka Lawrence Block

aka Lawrence Block

first published novel and first using this pseudonym

1958 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Paul Rader

better image than previously posted

Posted on February 7, 2025January 28, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags lawrence block, lurid, midwood paperback, paul rader, sheldon lordLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block

1958 Berkley reissue ~ cover art by Paul Rader

1958 Berkley

cover art by Paul Rader

Posted on October 5, 2024September 12, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags berkley paperback, paul rader, richard s. prather, stockingsLeave a comment on 1958 Berkley reissue ~ cover art by Paul Rader

Three Day Pass x 2

1955 Berkley reissue

1958 Berkley reissue

cover art by Paul Rader

better image than previously posted

Posted on September 24, 2024September 11, 2024Categories espionage fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags berkley paperback, cold war fiction, edward grace, j.w. burke, paul rader, woman with a gunLeave a comment on Three Day Pass x 2

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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