1949 Dodd Mead hardcover, a Red Badge Mystery
1949 Dodd Mead hardcover, this the later 1`950 Dell mapback
cover art by Robert Stanley
17th with Miami private eye Mike Shayne
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map by Ruth Belew
1957 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Stanley
1962 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis
1967 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert McGinnis
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1943 Dodd Mead hardcover, first edition
cover art by Ben Hallam, mapback by Ruth Belew
original title: Blood on the Black Market
cover art by Robert Stanley
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cover art by Robert McGinnis
above art repurposed from 1958 Dell edition of Frank Kane’s Syndicate Girl
cover art by Robert McGinnis
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pseudonym of Dorothy Stockbridge Tillet, born in 1896
his is his (her) 2nd book with Lt. George Honegger
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cover art by Robert Stanley
cover art by Robert Stanley
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cover art by Robert McGinnis
cover art by Robert Stanley
1948 Rinehart hardcover, this the 1950 Dell mapback
Hamilton’s second novel, his first Matt Helm was 13 years away
evil smile on that dame’s face…
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pen name – one of many – of David Dresser
1949 Dodd hardcover, this the later 1950 Dell mapback reissue
cover art by Robert Stanley
featuring Miami private eye Michael Shayne
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cover art by Robert McGinnis
January 1959 Dell reissue, first printing
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January 1964 Dell reissue, first printing – McGinnis artwork again
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1956 Dell paperback original, 8 short stories
cover painting by Robert Stanley
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Oil on board, 13 x 8-1/2 inches (33.0 x 21.6 cm) (sight) – Not signed
The present work is published on the cover of Dividend on Death by Brett Halliday (Dell, 1952).
first published novel under the name Brett Halliday, first Michael (or Mike) Shayne novel
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1944 Detective Novel Classic digest
cover art by Robert Stanley
Oil on board, 12.625 x 8.75 in. (sight), not signed
Dell #386, 1950.
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cover art by Paul Rader
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cover art by Robert McGinnis
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[post updated 10/12/25]
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