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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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aka Lawrence Block

1961 Beacon paperback original

pseudonym of Lawrence Block

reissued in Jan. 2008 by Hard Case Crime as A Diet of Treacle

cover art by Chuck Pyle

Posted on August 31, 2025August 8, 2025Categories pulp, paperback, crime comic, spicyTags lurid, sleaze, hard case crime, lawrence block, beacon paperback, sheldon lord, chuck pyle, beatniks, eroticaLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block

aka Lawrence Block

1960 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Paul Rader

better image than previously posted

Posted on August 13, 2025July 13, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags lawrence block, lurid, midwood paperback, paul rader, sheldon lord, sleazeLeave a comment on aka Lawrence Block

1955 Beacon paperback original – cover art by Frank Uppwall

Beacon Books, New York, 1955
Banned: 27 August 1956 to 13 October 1971

1955 Beacon paperback original – cover art by Frank Uppwall

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 22, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags beacon paperback, charles willeford, frank uppwall, lurid, sleazeLeave a comment on 1955 Beacon paperback original – cover art by Frank Uppwall

1960 Newsstand Library paperback original

1960 Newsstand Library paperback original

cover art by Robert Bonfils

Willeford’s original title was The Director

better image than previously posted

Posted on July 22, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags charles willeford, lurid, newsstand library paperback, robert bonfils, sleazeLeave a comment on 1960 Newsstand Library paperback original

1959 Dell paperback original – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1959 Dell paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinnis

Posted on June 24, 2025June 6, 2025Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags bob thomas, dell paperback, hollywood fiction, lurid, robert mcginnis, sleazeLeave a comment on 1959 Dell paperback original – cover art by Robert McGinnis

1964 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Paul Rader

1964 Midwood paperback original

cover art by Paul Rader

October 03, 2013

Posted on May 21, 2025May 10, 2025Categories Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, femme fatale, greg hamilton, lurid, midwood paperback, paul rader, sleazeLeave a comment on 1964 Midwood paperback original – cover art by Paul Rader

July 1957 issue

July 1957

Posted on May 7, 2025April 14, 2025Categories Hardboiled, magazine, spicy, true crimeTags crime confessions magazine, lurid, pulp illustration, sleazeLeave a comment on July 1957 issue

cover art by Reginald Heade

written by Stephen Daniel Frances, who originated the name and character

1951 S.D. Francis paperback

cover art by Reginald Heade

September 29, 2013

Posted on April 16, 2025March 15, 2025Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulp, spicyTags bound, hank janson, lurid, reginald heade, sleazeLeave a comment on cover art by Reginald Heade

1964 Monarch paperback original – cover art by Rafael DeSoto

1964 Monarch paperback original

cover art by Rafael DeSoto

Posted on April 1, 2025February 27, 2025Categories paperback, pulp, spicyTags dame, fletcher flora, lurid, monarch paperback, rafael desoto, sleazeLeave a comment on 1964 Monarch paperback original – cover art by Rafael DeSoto

1971 – “Adults Only”

September 26, 2013

Posted on April 1, 2025February 27, 2025Categories spicyTags cheri caffaro, ginger, lurid, movie poster, sleaze, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1971 – “Adults Only”

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