Kill Now, Pay Later [Hard Case reprint]

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Why would a party girl make him a party to murder?

When Ben Gates took the job guarding the presents at a ritzy upper-class wedding, he thought it would be a simple assignment: stand around, look tough, and make sure none of the bridesmaids walk off with the jewelry.
But that was before someone slipped sleeping pills into Ben’s coffee and a bizarre robbery attempt left two people dead. Now Ben’s reputation is on the line—and if he doesn’t figure out which of three beautiful women is hiding a murderous secret, his life may be as well…

A reprint of this book, with a new cover by the same artist, Robert McGinnis.
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The Knife Slipped

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Lost for more than 75 years, this was meant to be the second Cool and Lam book but got shelved when Gardner’s publisher objected to (among other things) Bertha Cool’s tendency to “talk tough, swear, smoke cigarettes, and try to gyp people.” The cover is a brand new painting by Robert McGinnis of modern-day pin-up icon Dita von Teese

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Fools Die On Friday

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“Get your clothes on — just enough to cover yourself, and get out of here.”

“You’ve gote to get out of here! Sergeant Sellers is on his way up.”

The first cover is from Dell #542, printed in 1951. When reprinted as #1542 in 1953, Dell censored the artwork. Dell reprinted this title again in 1961 with all new artwork by McGinnis.

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