DeKobra. Douglas. Fuller. Death. Murder. Fate.

Maurice DeKobra. left: The Bachelor's Widow. Ace S-85. 1954. right: The Madonna of the Sleeping Cars. Dell (mapback) 256. 1948.

Great review here.

Lloyd C. Douglas. left: Forgive Us Our Trespasses. Cardinal C-240. 1957. (a love thing between siblings). right: Green Light. Cardinal C-269. 1959.

Cover art by Charles Binger.

Cover art by Tom Dunn.

Gritty, hot. William Fuller. left: Goat Island. Dell First Edition 28. 1954. right: The Face That Kills. Dell First Edition 105. This one's a freebie: it's got an amazing cover but is missing the first chunk of pages.

Cover art by George Gross.

Love the graphics of the back covers.

A phone, a camera —
Two by Elizabeth Daly.

Deadly Nightshade. Bantam 78. 1947. Map endpapers!
Murder Listens In. Bantam 713. 1949. Cover by Harry Schaare.

What is it about brides and bottles? Or: why didn't she publish under her own name?
Anthony Gilbert was actually the pen name of Lucy Beatrice Malleson, who was an English crime writer. Malleson also wrote fiction using the pen name Anne Meredith,.

Set of 2 mysteries by Anthony Gilbert. (Lucy Beatrice Malleson)

The Innocent Bottle. Bantam 851. 1950.  (I love this one!)

Murder Cheats the Bride. Bantam 138. 1948. Cover art by Casimer Norwaish using model Helen Tynan. His first cover for Bantam.

What is it about murder and water

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detail. Cover art by Denver Gillen.

detail. Cover art is a photograph, reprinted on the back in black and white.

Back cover, Murder on the Purple Water

Back cover, The Girl on the Lonely Beach

Fred J. Cook. The Girl on the Lonely Beach. Ninth in a Series of Classic Murder Trials. Gold Medal 431. 1st printing 1954.

Frances Crane. Murder on the Purple Water. Bantam 874. 1951.

another look at the backs where all the action starts —

left: Call Me Deadly. right: Death is a Round Black Ball

left: Dead Game. right: Dead on Arrival

left: Deadlock. right: Death has Deep Roots

left: Deadly Summer. right: Death is a Red Rose

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If I don't have it as it's already sold, chances are I have a lot more — way more than I can fit in my shops on etsy.

yet even more pulp fiction. 2 beauties.

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Samm Sinclair Baker. One Touch of Blood. Graphic Mystery. 1955.

William Ard. You Can't Stop Me. Popular Library 526. 1952.

pulp fiction in all its deadly glory (set of 8)

The eight:

Michael Avallone. Dead Game. Perma Books 3012. 1955.

George Bagby. Dead on Arrival. Bantam 1197. 1954.

Glenn M. Barns Deadly Summer. Perma Books 3114. 1957.

Hal Braham. Call Me Deadly. Graphic Mystery 152. 1957.

Dorothy Eden. Death is  Red Rose. Ace Star. 1970. (reissue of a 1950s classic)

Ruth Fenisong. Deadlock. Dell 808. 1952.

Michael Gilbert. Death has Deep Roots. Dell 744. 1951.

Mike Roscoe. Death is a Round Black Ball. Signet 966. 1952.

and more pulp fiction: urban noir

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Herbert Simmons. Corner Boy. Dell D245. 1958.

Jack Karney. Tough Town. Pyramid Books 31. 1952.

still yet more pulp fiction: Lolita noir by Gil Brewer

Gil Brewer. Sugar. Avon Original T355. 1959

"       "          Little Tramp. Crest Book 173. 1958.

Read about Brewer.

still more pulp fiction: Ace Double Novel

John Trinian. Scratch a Thief / Chester Warwick. My Pal, The Killer. Ace Double Novels F 107. 1961.