
republished in 1968 by Walker as A Whiff of Death, Asimov’s preferred title


1970 Sphere edition from the UK

republished in 1968 by Walker as A Whiff of Death, Asimov’s preferred title


1970 Sphere edition from the UK

1961 Pyramid paperback original
cover art by Robert Maguire
8th with private eye Honey West

New York: E.P. Dutton, 1955. First Edition. In publisher’s trial dust jacket, date stamped March 1, 1955, on the bottom of the front flap.
Basis for Stanley Kubrick’s breakthrough 1956 film “The Killing,” starring Sterling Hayden in one of his defining roles.

1956 Signet reissue – cover art by Robert Maguire

1988 Black Lizard reissue – cover art by Kirwin

1956 United Artists – written and directed by Stanley Kubrick


first published in 1946 by Mystery House as There are Dead Men in Manhattan. in addition to this 1957 title from Avon, it was published in 1951 as Manhattan Underworld (1951, Harlequin) and as Triple Cross (1962, Belmont). not known if the other editions were also ‘revised’

cover art by Robert Maguire
Avon cover art repurposed for this 1959 Digit release


1963 Gold Star paperback original in the US, revised from the 1960 UK Roberts release as Ripe for Rapture
cover art by Robert Maguire
cover art by Joaquin ‘Chaco’ Chacopino
