
first published with the pseudonym Stephen Acre in 1942 by Dodd Mead
this the later Popular Library softcover under his own name
cover art by Rudolph Belarski

first published with the pseudonym Stephen Acre in 1942 by Dodd Mead
this the later Popular Library softcover under his own name
cover art by Rudolph Belarski

1950 Popular Library reissue
better cover than previously posted
cover art by Rudolph Belarski
cover repurposed from Summer 1949


cover art by Rudolph Belarski

better image than previously posted

better image than previously posted

9th with private eye team Bertha Cool and Donald Lam



August 1950 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

published in 1951 by Heinemann in London as An Axe to Grind. this the 1960 Australian edition by Horowitz


cover art by Harry Bennett
better image than previously posted