
1958 Avon paperback original – cover art by Robert Maguire

1958 Sphere UK paperback original with new title

republished in 1968 by Walker as A Whiff of Death




undated Lancer reissue from the 70s



1958 Avon paperback original – cover art by Robert Maguire

1958 Sphere UK paperback original with new title

republished in 1968 by Walker as A Whiff of Death




undated Lancer reissue from the 70s



It was first published in 1939 by Hodder and Stoughton in the United Kingdom and by the Crime Club in the United States.



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August 1936 issue
cover art by Walter Baumhofer
William E. Barrett, “The Tattooed Chinamen” (Needle Mike)
Leslie T. White, “The Bullet That Took Its Time” (Duke Martindel)
John K. Butler, “Parole for the Dead” (Tricky Enright)
Fred MacIsaac, “Blond Cargo” (Rambler Murphy)
Denslow M. Dade, “The Came On”

cover art by Rafael DeSoto
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John Lawrence, “Murder Must Go On!” (Marquis of Broadway)
Carl Clausen, “The Bell of Blackman’s Knob”
Cornell Woolrich, “Meet Me by the Mannequin”
D.L. Champion, “Turn in Your Badge!” (Insp. Allhoff)
Wyatt Blassingame, “The Coral Band”