Books Update: 4 US Crime Novels with a hint (or more) of Sleaze
*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: Four American (mostly) detective thrillers from the early 1960s new in this week, all with a hint (or more) of sleaze. Case Of the Village Tramp and Bier for a Chaser (the latter by Kendell Foster Crossen under his pen name of Richard Foster) feature recurring detectives. All with appropriate cover art.
PICTURED: ALL SOLD
ROBERT COLBY: LAMENT FOR JULIE Monarch 1961 1st US PB GD £4
GEORGE HARMON COXE: ONE MINUTE PAST EIGHT Dell 1960 1st US PB VG £7
JONATHAN CRAIG: CASE OF THE VILLAGE TRAMP Gold Medal 1961 1st UK PB GD/VG £9
RICHARD FOSTER: BIER FOR A CHASER Gold Medal 1961 1st UK PB VG £5