
May 1950
cover art by Robert Maguire
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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


1932 Harper hardcover
cover art by Rudolph Belarski
better image than previously posted


better image than previously posted

1953 Dutton hardcover, this the later Signet reissue
cover art by Robert Maguire
better image than previously posted