216 p. : plain red coverfictionMurder-mystery.fiction, marion mainwaring, crime fiction

254 p. : plain green cover fictionMurder-mystery.fiction, charles kingston, crime fiction

252 p. red/burgundy cover, section of original dust jacket pasted to rear, with image of a well-dressed man escaping down a staircase.fictionCrime fictioncrime fiction, hulbert footner

283 p. : brown cover, trimmed with brown tape. Title and author's name hand printed on front cover and spine.fictionMurder mystery and romance.fiction, crime fiction, romance, john prosper

253 p. : plain red cover. Original dust jacket has been removed, title and author's name hand-written on spine.fictionCrime fictionfiction, crime fiction, william le queux

319 p. : plain red cover, title and author's name hand-printed in white on spine.fictionMystery/crime fiction.fiction, mysteries, john rhode (cecil street), crime fiction

248 p. : plain red/burgundy cover, original dust jacket removed, title and author's name hand printed on spinefictionfiction, crime fiction, ralph trevor

204 p. : blue cover, beige spine. Section of original dust jacket pasted to front cover, image of two cocker spaniels jumping up on a young girl as a man looks on.fictionNovel set in Burma which blends elements of romance and mystery. fiction, mystery, crime fiction, margaret ferguson

282 p. : green cover, title and author's name printed in black on spine. Section of original dust jacket pasted to back cover.fictionCrime fiction set in Thailand. Rose Temple, housekeeping for her brother Tony in Bangkok, and generally living the high life with a group of neighbours and friends, assists in the investigation of the murder of her friend Ruby Smith. She finds herself attracted to the chief investigating officer, Captain Pierce.fiction, crime fiction, reginald campbell

192 p. : orange-brown cover, with section of original dust jacket pasted to front. Image of a woman clinging on to a man, he looks concerned, she looks frightened. Publisher's summary of plot pasted inside on front end paper. fictionCrime fictionfiction, crime fiction, john courage (psuedonym of richard goyne)

160 p. : plain red cover, title and author's name printed in black on spine, publisher's logo on front cover. Fairly lengthy dedication to Larry Graburn on reverse of title page.fictionCrime fictionfiction, crime fiction, john bentley

252 p. : plain red cover (original dust jacket removed?), tjitle and author's name hand printed in white on spine.Publisher's summary of plot printed on reverse of half-title page.page. (Title page missing.)fictionCrime fiction.In the village of Tolsham, a man always regarded as a "foreigner" suddenly disappears, and at the same time a dismembered corpse is found inside a milk-churn at a local dairy. Inspector Arnold and his friend Desmond Merrion set out to solve the case.fiction, crime fiction, miles burton

192 p. : plain orange cover (dust jacket removed?), title and author's name printed in black on spine. Publisher's summary printed opposite title pagefictionCrime fiction. The second Mrs Botesdale is found lying dead at the the foot of the basement stairs. Inspector Arnold and his friend Desmond Merrion are called in to solve the mystery.fiction, crime fiction, miles burton

317 p. : embossed red cover, title and author's name in black on spinefictionA Pennsylvania detective of Dutch origin solves a murder at the Castle Rock Estate. fiction, mystery, crime fiction

189p. ; orange cever with front of origianl dust jacket pasted onto front cover, featuring man holding a gun and a hookfictionMason Trask, a successful novalist, had always avoided violence. It took murder to make him seek it out. A crazed policeman had gone down into the Times Square subway station and shot and killed four men engrossed in an early morning crap game. The policeman, who did not live long after he reached the street, was Mason Trask's brother.fiction, crime, mystery, hugh pentecost

192p. ; crimson cover with original just jacket cut and pasted onto front cover, featuring sketch of man holding a gunfictionNorman Conquest - killer! The fact that the deceased is a double-dyed skunk does not make Conquest's position any the less precarious. The Gay Desperado has been in many a tight corner, but never one quite so tight as this. It takes all the efforts of his pretty young wife, Pixie, aided by Superintendent Williams to hoist him out of the soup. A miniature earthquake in Mayfair involving the sticky end of Double-Dyed Skunk No 2 and lots of high pressure action lead to the breathless sort of climax for which Mr Gray is justly popularfiction, crime, mystery, berkeley gray

251p. ; navy blue cover with original dust jacket cut and pasted to front cover;fictionAlec Maitland returns from abroad down and out, till he meets a friend of his who happens to be an official in one of the chief Government offices and in need of a secret agent whose connection with the Ministry would not be suspected. A story of wits pitted against wits, of bloodshed, of hairbreadth escapes, finishing with a piece of neat detection and a surprise both for Maitland and the reader.fiction, crime, mystery, spy stories, john ferguson

254p. ; crimson cover with original dust jacket cut and pasted on to front cover featuring woman sitting in arm chair with violin in foreground; title and author written on spinefictionThe story takes place in the English county of Markshire. When celebrated visiting violinist Lucy Carless is strangled to death with a silk stocking backstage during a concert, everyone in the local orchestra suddenly becomes a suspectfiction, crime, mystery, thriller, cyril hare

322p. ; olive green cover with author and title embossed in gold on front cover and spine; appendix: Selections of Jarrolds' New Booksfictionhe Mystery of a Hansom Cab takes place in Melbourne, Australia, and involves an investigation into a homicide, after a corpse is discovered in the early hours, in a hansom cab. The killer's identity is not as significant a revelation in the story as are the roles of the influential and secretive Frettlby family, and their secret: they have a daughter living on the streets, and the woman everyone assumes is their daughter is illegitimate. The class divide between Melbourne's wealthy and less fortunate is addressed throughout the plot. The protagonist in the novel is a policeman named Detective Gorby, who is given the task of solving the murder. fiction, crime, mystery, fergus hume