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.

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.