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Published by Corgi (ISBN: 055211703X) in 1981. Back cover synopsis: "Henry Sherman was tipped to become the future President of the United States. But a blackmail note and a blue movie puts his whole career in the balance. For the girl starring in the film was his only daughter, Gillian... So the CIA called on Mark Girland, the reluctant super-sleuth, to find her - and the three other films. His price was $20,000...but he had no idea that he would be matching himself against arch enemies - the master Soviet agent, Malik, and the killer, Lu Silk..."

Published by Gold Medal (209) in 1951. My copy is badly warped and stained in the top right hand corner of the whole book, still readable though! I swear I've seen this image on another book here somewhere, maybe a European swipe??

First published by David McKay Co. (hardback) in 1946. This paperback edition published by Dell (752) is undated but is circa 1954. Cover art by Griffith Foxley.

Published as an Ace Mystery Double (D-469) by Ace Books in 1960.

Published as an Ace Mystery Double (D-469) by Ace Books in 1960. Cover art by Rudy Nappi.

Published by Fawcett Gold Medal (d1706) in 1966. Cover art by Robert McGinnis.

Published by Gold Medal (s1221) in June 1962. Cover art by Robert Abbett. Back cover synopsis: "Rand Hamilton had treated many kinds of animals - but he'd never been forced to handle the kind of seething wildcat who'd just dropped in on him out of nowhere...a wildcat who walked on two feet, with lust in her eye and a lie in her soul."

Originally published as "This Dame Dies Soon" by S D Frances in 1951. This re-titled edition published by Alexander Moring in 1958.

Originally published as "Pursuit" by New Fiction Press in 1953. This re-titled edition published by Alexander Moring in 1958. Co-written by Stephen D. Frances and Geoffrey Pardoe.

Originally published as "Broads Don't Scare Easy" by S D Frances in November 1951. This re-titled edition published by Alexander Moring in 1958.

First published by New Fiction Press in 1953. This edition published by Alexander Moring in October 1957. Co-written by Stephen D. Frances and Geoffrey Pardoe.

First published by Viking Press (hardback) in 1971. This first paperback edition from Signet (Q4515) is dated March 1971. Cover art by Blossom?? Back cover synopsis: "When the S.S. Leander hauled Harry Goddard out of the freezing waters of the Pacific, he thought his troubles were over - but he was dead wrong. For what appeared to be a cruise ship en route to the Philippines turned out to be the board on which a lethal game was being played - a game of international intrigue, double deception, and multiple murder, where the stakes were sex and power and the price of one wrong move was certain death..."

First published by Viking Press (hardback) and Signet (paperback) in 1971. This U.K. edition published by Mayflower (ISBN: 0583122183) in 1973.

Published by Gold Medal (968) in February 1960. Lee Roberts was a pseudonym of Robert Martin.

First published by Lion Library in 1956. This first Signet edition (1662) published in May 1959.

First published by William Heinemann Ltd (hardback) in 1965. Published in paperback by Pan in 1967, this third printing (ISBN: 0330106023) is dated 1969. James Mayo was a pseudonym of Stephen Coulter. Back cover synopsis: "Charles Hood, dynamic hero of 'Hammerhead', tackles another breathtaking assignment. At the request of Lord Claymore, head of the City's secret consortium 'The Circle', he trails a lovely blonde with a Bentley across Europe. This doesn't sound dangerous. It isn't - it's lethal..."

First published as "Once in a Lifetime" by William Heinemann Ltd (hardback) in 1968. Published and re-titled in paperback by Pan in 1969, this second printing (ISBN: 0330023314) is dated 1970. James Mayo was a pseudonym of Stephen Coulter. Back cover synopsis: "Absorbing stuff about fake and genuine antiques, archaeological hordes in Iran, red-blooded action, and well-drawn assorted villains...Charles Hood is a durable hero."

Published by Gold Medal (s887) in June 1959. Cover art by Barye Phillips. Back cover synopsis: "We were dancing, my client and I. But it was much more than just a dance. It was like doing the fox trot and getting your pants pressed at the same time. Or an anatomy lesson in four-four rhythm. I believe in the personal touch when it comes to a client and man, oh man, this was one time I meant to put my theory into practice. I'm Shell Scott. A private eye with 20-20 vision, particularly when I have a 36-22-36 assignment. This assignment was a chaste girl who was being chased - by me. And I was being chased, too, by an unfriendly hired gun who wanted to make me a headline on the obituary page. Gangdom's funeral directors had decided I was going to be their next client..."