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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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Tag: thriller

1952 Signet reissue – cover art by Lu Kimmel

May 1952 Signet paperback, first printing

5th novel, a stand-alone thriller

cover art by Lu Kimmel

Posted on December 28, 2023December 14, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags bound, mickey spillane, signet paperback, thrillerLeave a comment on 1952 Signet reissue – cover art by Lu Kimmel

The Saint in New York

1944 Avon reissue

better image than previously posted

1951 Avon reissue

Posted on December 23, 2023December 13, 2023Categories action fiction, adventure, mystery, paperback, pulpTags avon paperback, dame, leslie charteris, simon templar, the saint, thriller, tommygunLeave a comment on The Saint in New York

1951 Dell mapback

1951 Dell mapback reissue

better image than previously posted

cover art attributed to Bob Hilbert

Posted on December 22, 2023December 13, 2023Categories mystery, paperback, pulp, whodunnitTags dell mapback, mary roberts rinehart, thrillerLeave a comment on 1951 Dell mapback

1958 Gold Medal reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips

1958

reissue of his 1950 debut novel

Posted on December 15, 2023December 12, 2023Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperbackTags gold medal paperback, john d. macdonald, thrillerLeave a comment on 1958 Gold Medal reissue – cover art by Barye Phillips

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