*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: ‘Private eyeful’ was just one of the ways Honey West, one of the first female private detectives in popular fiction, was described – others included ‘sexsational’, ‘sexiest private eye ever to pull a trigger’, ‘hotter than a pistol’ and ‘the best-stacked private eye alive’. Every adventure managed to involve loss of at least some of Honey’s clothing, before order was restored, at least in part due to her long-suffering boyfriend, Johnny, with plenty of jeopardy and thrills along the way. We have five of G G Fickling’s Honey books, all first US PB Pyramid editions (second printing for This Girl For Hire) plus a second copy of Blood And Honey released as a tie-in to the 1960s television show, and with TV covers. This classy dame also has classy covers on the other books, with art by Robert Maguire (Blood And Honey and Kiss For A Killer), Robert Maginnis (Girl On The Prowl), Ronnie Lesser (Bombshell) and Harry Schaare (This Girl For Hire).