Scott and Sidney Meredith (editors) - The Best From Manhunt
Perma Books M-3111, 1958
Cover Artist: Ernest Chiriacka

Contents:
Evan Hunter - On the Sidewalk Bleeding
Richard Deming - Mugger Murder
Helen Nielsen - Decision
Fletcher Flora - The Collector Comes after Payday
Jack Ritchie - Try it My Way
Robert Turner - Movie Night
Erskine Caldwell - In Memory of Judith Courtright
Jonathan Lord - Day's Work
Jonathan Craig - The Scrapbook
Craig Rice - Quiet Day in the County Jail
Stanley L. Colbert - The Set-Up
Richard S. Prather - The Double Take
James E. Cronin - The Man Who Found the Money

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H. F. Heard - A Taste for Murder
(Original Title: A Taste for Honey)
Avon Books 808, 1958
Cover Artist: unknown

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Raymond Chandler - Pick-up on Noon Street
Pocket Books 2846, 1956
Cover Artist: Robert Maguire

Four Stories from the Simple Art of Murder:
Pick-Up on Noon Street
Smart-Aleck Kill
Guns at Cyrano's
Nevada Gas

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Steve Fisher - Homicide Johnny
Popular Library 229, 1950
Cover Artist: Rudolph Belarski

"Everybody wanted her—even the killer."

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William Bradford Huie - The Revolt of Mamie Stover
Signet Books 959, 1956
Cover Artist: Robert Maguire

"The flaming story of a 'hostess' to 51,840 soldiers."

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