*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, progressing to ‘Cassidy’ and adding two alphabetically earlier editions. This update focuses mainly on the ‘Sleaze’ part of our category title. The Flash Peddlers by Frank Boyd is ‘the intimate story of a New York call girl’ and features a stunning cover by Robert Maguire, one of the true masters of US paperback cover illustration. Below Suspicion is another Gideon Fell Mystery from John Dickson Carr, a mixture of murder and witchcraft. His Best Friend’s Wife by Margaret Carruthers features the perils of adultery and Wanton Bride by George Cassidy is a tale of smuggling, wealth and power.
PICTURED:
THE FLESH PEDDLERS by FRANK BOYD Monarch 1963 2nd US PB VG/FN £20 (new in) SOLD
BELOW SUSPICION by JOHN DICKSON CARR Bantam 1953 1st US PB GD £8 (new in) SOLD
HIS BEST FRIEND’S WIFE by MARGARET CARRUTHERS Beacon 1961 1st US PB FN £9
WANTON BRIDE by GEORGE CASSIDY Bedside 1962 1st US PB GD £7