Murder in Haste by Brett Halliday (Mayflower, 1963)

Like the Carter Browns, I’ve always got time for these Mike Shayne numbers with the McGinnis covers, regardless of condition or relative literary merit.

Recent Paperback Acquisitions # 3: Crime.

(Dell, 1961)

Robert McGinnis cover, first printing, good condition = £2. Eat my dust! (Or fail to give a damn and live a healthy & rewarding life… your choice.)



(Penguin Crime, 1958)



(Corgi, 1960)

Bertha Cool = best detective name ever.



(Gold Medal, 1960)

Why did I not know there was an early ‘60s TV show in which John Cassavetes played a hep-cat Greenwich Village Private Eye…?




(Lancer, 1973)

And a little bit of smut to finish off with:


(Kozy, 1961)