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

February 1950 issue ~ cover art by Norman Saunders

February 1950 issue

cover art by Norman Saunders

Robert Martin, “I’ll Be Killing You” (Jim Bennett)

Robert Turner, “Homicidal Hitchhiker”

E.A. Morris, “Fist for a Fighting Fool”

Russell Branch, “If the Frame Fits”

Don James, “Sing a Song of Slaughter” (PI Pete Johns)

Bert Sims,“No Time to Kill” (Hawkshaw Morgan)

Alvin Yudkoff, “You Gotta Die Right”