December 1959 Pocket paperback, 2nd print
2nd Lew Archer, an August 1950 Knopf hardcover
cover painting by James Meese
1966 Pocket reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett
British 1975 Fontana movie tie-in
Australian 2012 Penguin reissue
Australian 2023 Penguin reissue
[updated 8/20/26]
1st Pocket edition, December 1965
first hardcovers were 1964 from Hamish Hamilton the UK and Houghton Mifflin in the US
From Black Mask Magazine: “Killer in the Rain”, “The Men Who Liked Dogs”, “The Curtain” and “Try the Girl”
From Dime Detection Magazine: “Mandarin’s Jade”, “Bay City Blues” and “The Lady in the Lake”
From Detective Story Magazine: “No Crime in the Mountains”
March 1952 Pocket paperback reissue, first printing
cover painting by Carl Bobertz
better image than previously posted
1953 Knopf hardcover, 1st edition – cover by Bill English
one of the two non-series that he wrote amongst the Archers
better image than previously posted
1954 Pocket reissue – cover art by Clark Hulings
better image than previously posted
cover art by Sam Peffer
May 1959 Pocket paperback, 3rd print
better image than previously posted
1972 Bantam edition, 2nd print
2010 Vintage/Black Lizard reissue
[updated 9/13/25, 8/20/26]
