I Should Have Stayed Home x 5

first published as a hardcover in 1938 by Knopf, his third novel

1951 Signet reissue – cover art by Ray Pease

1966 Penguin UK reissue

1996 Serpent’s Tail reissue

2018 Bibliotech Press reissue

[post updated 4/10/26]

Blonde on the Rocks x 4 + 1

1963 Horwitz first printing

1964 Horwitz International reissue

cover art by Robert McGinnis

Gouache on board, 22 x 15 inches (55.9 x 38.1 cm)
Signed lower center right: R. M.Ginnis

1963 Signet first printing

1971 Signet reissue, third printing

cover art by Robert McGinnis

[updated 11/5/25, 3/29/26]

cover art by Robert Maguire

cover art by Robert Maguire

Draw the Curtain first published in 1947 by Jefferson House. 1958 Signet reprint with the different title.This is his first book with a Chicago private eye whose identity is a closely guarded secret. He’s known only as “Mac”

better image than previously posted