Bernard Mara - French for Murder

Published by Gold Medal (402) in May 1954. Bernard Mara was a pseudonym of Brian Moore. Cover art by Clark Hulings.

Back cover synopsis: "Américain - Noah Cain, big, tough lad, penniless in Paris - and up to his ears in bizarre and bloody doings.

Les femmes - Blondes, brunettes and redheads - wild and expensive - all out to lure Cain into the arms of violence.

Montmarte -The place the put the "gay" in Paree, the gaudy jungle where Cain roamed by night - in desperate flight from the guillotine.

Assassin - The knife artist, the two-time killer, the man Noah Cain had to bring back alive - in order to keep his own head."