TRASHY TUESDAY: WORST COVER EVER? SKY-JACKED (1976) by Stanley Morgan
Sky-jacked by Stanley Morgan (Star, 1976) This cover for Stanley Morgan’s Sky-jacked is arguably the worst cover I have ever seen. Cheaply put together and...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: WITCHES, SWEETHEARTS AND WENCHES – SOME EARLY CARTER BROWN BOOKS IN AUSTRALIA
The Wench Is Wicked by Carter Brown, Horwitz, 1955 I always liked the use of alliteration in the early Carter Brown titles, especially when combined with the various...
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THROWBACK THURSDAY: STALKING POINT by Duncan Kyle (1981)
Stalking Point by Duncan Kyle (Collins, 1981) The massive success of Jack Higgins’ The Eagle Has Landed in 1975 spawned a wave of similar Second World War...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: TOP OF THE HEAP by A. A. Fair (1952)
Top Of The Heap (Dell, 1953) I always preferred the Lam and Cool crime novels, written under the A. A. Fair pseudonym, to Erle Stanley Gardner’s more popular...
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BLUE MOON by Lee Child (Bantam, $A32.99)
Blue Moon by Lee Child (Bantam) Jack Reacher, the modern day western hero and perpetual drifter, is back in another action packed adventure. Blue Moon, the 24th novel...
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TRASHY TUESDAY: TROPICAL DEATHPACT By NICK CARTER (Bob Stokesberry) (Star, 1982)
Tropical Deathpact by Nick Carter (Star, 1982) The long running Nick Carter-Killmaster series of men’s adventure books, enjoyed many covers of varying quality over its...
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