*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Crime, Spies & Sleaze category. Cherry Delight: The Sexecuitioner was a series from the 1970s that managed to combine all three of our sub-sets in this category. Riding on the pop art coat-tails of the spy organisation phenomenon started by James Bond, Cherry worked for the New York Mafia Prosecution and Harassment Organization (try the acronym), and I really don’t need to tell you much else. Written under the house name of Glen Chase, the vast majority of this 29 book series was written by Gardner F Fox, a consummate professional famous for his work at DC Comics, but who could turn his hand to anything. At least with him there is some skill with words and story-telling in this otherwise formulaic series. Best summed up as ‘meet bad guy – have sex with bad guy – kill bad guy’. We have three books from the series:
PICTURED: ALL BY GLEN CHASE: CHERRY DELIGHT, THE SEXECUTIONER ALL SOLD
#2 TONG IN CHEEK Leisure Books 1972 1st US PB VG £15
#4 UP YOUR ANTE Leisure Books 1973 1st US PB VG £15
#28 THE MOORLAND MONSTER Leisure Books 1977 1st US PB GD/VG £15