Harold Q. Masur - Bury Me Deep
Pocket Books 558, 1948
Cover Artist: William Wirtz

"Introducing Scott Jordan, a fast-living new lawyer-detective in a fast-rolling murder mystery."

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Erle Stanley Gardner - The D.A. Calls a Turn
Pocket Books 595, 1948
Cover Artist: William Wirtz

"She opened her lips and tried to speak but her knees buckled and she fell into her husband's arms."

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Robert Finnegan - The Lying Ladies
Bantam Books 351, 1948
Cover Artist: William Wirtz

"Murder bares a love racket."

Robert Finnegan was a pseudonym of Paul William Ryan. He also wrote under the name of Mike Quin.

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Cornell Woolrich - Rendezvous in Black
Pocket Books 570, 1949
Cover Artist: William Wirtz

"The man worked skilfully. The dead girl in the photograph must be made to live again... long enough to catch a murderer."

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Alan LeMay - Wild Justice
(Original Title: The Smoky Years)
Bantam Books 253, 1948
Cover Artist: Bill Wirtz

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