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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An Ear For Murder by Max Afford (Magpie, 1947?) Magpie Books were published by Frank Johnson Pty Ltd in the 1940s and 1950s. They ran for two series and focused on...
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The Unorthodox Corpse by Carter Brown (Horwitz, 1965) Horwitz were arguably the prime Australian publishers of paperbacks and pulp fiction in the 1950s and 60s....
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Beat Not The Bones by Charlotte Jay (Avon, 1955) Supernatural Stories No. 39 (Badger, 1961) At first glance there would seem to be little connection between an Edgar...
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Butcher of Auschwitz by John Slater (Horwitz, 1965) In the early 1960s Australian paperbacks featured a steady stream of books about the horrific treatment of...
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