Tag: Robert McGinnis

Killer’s Payoff (1962)

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From the back:

She did her best not to look voluptuous — but she couldn’t help it!

As the wife of a rich and politically ambitious man, Lucy Mencken wished to make an impression of quiet taste. But even in her loose-fitting suits she caused male temperatures to skyrocket. Years ago, when she had been a model, her extraordinary natural charms had been captured in a series of photographs, captured for all time and from all angles. Now she was paying a blackmailer $500 a month to keep those pictures unpublished. When he died — violently, in the city streets — Lucy thought her troubles would be buried with him. Then a strange man phoned her to say he was taking over — at a new price…

via McClaverty and Ted Bergman

Top Of The Heap (1963)

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From the back:

3 On A Match
The Blonde—might talk—if anyone knew where to find her.
The Brunette—was willing—
but talk wasn’t her line.
The Redhead—talked plenty—and she changed her story to suit the occasion.
They all had the key that could unlock the puzzle of murder and big money—and Donald Lam made his business the pleasure of their company.

This is at least the second cover McGinnis did for this book. It was recently republished by Hard Case Crime.