The Macabre Ones by Bron Fane (Badger, SN90) The cover illustrator Henry Fox became almost as synonymous with Badger Books (1960-67) as the legendary Lionel Fanthorpe...
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Canberra Book Fair Haul I thought I would share some of the books I recently found at the Lifeline Bookfair in Canberra. I ended up buying much more than the ones...
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Mourning Glory: Larry Kent 656 (Cleveland 1970?) The Larry Kent series of crime digests originated in 1954 and ran until 1983. The books were originally based on the...
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Danger Circuit by David Bower (Horwitz, 1963) Racing car dramas never reached the high levels of popularity in Australia that novels about hot rods and motorcycle gangs...
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Rough Justice by Matt Hilton (Severn House) Matt Hilton’s The Girl On Shattered Rock was one of my favourite pieces of escapist reading in...
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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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