
cover art by Emmett Watson

1958 Pocket paperback original, Cardinal edition
cover by Lou Marchetti
better image than previously posted

better image than previously posted
~ Meredith Beyers, “The Dark Brown Dress”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “Hear Not, See Not. Speak Not Evil”, 1st story in this issue
~ Walter Deffenbaugh, “Fit for a King”, 2nd story in this issue, 7th and 8th stories in BM
~ Elizabeth (Bessie) Dudley, “Ananias Ltd”, ‘A Chinese among the characters’, 3rd of 4 stories in BM
~ John B. Hart, “In Full Payment”, author’s only appearance in BM
~ J.B. Hawley, “The Mystery of the One-Legged Man”, 8th of 12 stories in BM
~ Pettersen Marzoni, “Fear”, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ David Morrison, “Thornton Smiled Significantly”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Harry M. Sutherland, “The Weeping Killer”, short-short, 1st of 2 stories in BM
~ John D. Swain, “The Man Who Knew Too Much”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Frederic J. Thorne, “The Prisoner Speaks”, ‘A Complete Mystery Novelette’, 7th of 10 stories in BM
~ Harold Ward, “The Woman Who Cursed a Man”, 19th of 29 stories under this name in BM [29th of 46 stories in BM under three different names – Ward Sterling and H.W. Starr]
~ Henry S. Watson and Asa Steele, “The Trap Thief”, 2nd of 2 stories in BM
~ Charles S. Wolfe, “The Finishing Touch”, 1st of 3 stories in BM
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1958 Horwitz paperback original

1959 US release as a Signet paperback original
cover art attributed to Barye Phillips
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1961 Horwitz International Edition

cover art by Ron Lesser
1966 Signet reissue



1941 Morrow hardcover
4th in the Bertha Cool & Donald Lam series

cover art by George A. Frederiksen/ mapback by Ruth Belew


1951 British Pocket paperback edition
cover art by Roland Davies

1959 Panther edition from Britain – cover art by Ley Kenton

1952. Dell reissue – cover art by Carl Bobertz

1957 Dell reissue – cover illustration by by Push-Pin Studios

April 1962 Dell reissue – cover art by Harry Bennett

1967 Dell reissue – cover art by Robert Abbett