The Saint Steps In by Leslie Charteris (Pan, 1959) ‘The Saint’ novels by Leslie Charteris were a mainstay of the British crime fiction scene from Simon...
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Dragonfly by K. R. Dwyer (Sphere, 1979) Online conspiracy theorists have been quick to claim that American author Dean Koontz predicted the COVID-19 outbreak back in...
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Not So Evil As Eve by John Creighton (Ace, 1957) In the 1950’s and 60’s British publishers frequently re-used the original American cover art work when the...
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Devil’s Highway by Hank Janson (Alexander Moring, 1956) Hank Janson was the pseudonym adopted by prolific author Stephen D Frances when he created the Janson...
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Murder Can’t Stop by W. T. Ballard (Phantom #644, 1955) Australian Phantom Books were produced between 1951 and 1961. During that time they released around 300...
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The Volcanoes of San Domingo by Adam Hall (Fontana, 1971) I am not usually a fan of photographic covers, but this 1971 one for Adam Hall’s The Volcanoes of San...
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