Phantom Books No. 503. Paperback Original (1951). Digest size. Uncredited Cover Art
"Married to Murder" by Harry Whittington
"SHE HAD A WAY WITH MEN -- A WAY OF LEADING THEM TO THE GRAVE!"
From the blurb inside the front cover:
When a beautiful woman is in a jam, it takes a rough and ready tough guy like Joel Palmer to come to the rescue . . . Everywhere that murder went, so went Palmer, but the ex-cop, turned private eye, finally balked at the idea of stepping into a dead man's shoes -- even if it meant into the arms of the dead man's very much alive, and very beautiful, wife . . . Being a sucker for dames, Joel finally gives in and plays sitting duck for a cunning killer -- a spot that was easy enough to get into but that took guts and gunplay to get out of! Fighting the police, a woman from the past, blackmailers, and a gorgeous gal that he'd like to have in his future, Joel manages to ferret out the truth and to send the killer on his unhappy way -- up the river!
From the back cover (accompanying a posed photo):
KILLER ON THE LOOSE!
"I knew a dozen guys wanted her, And I knew there was a reason for it . . . There was hell in her -- but if that was hell, that was where I wanted to be . . . I reached for her and she flung her arms around my neck . . . Then, suddenly, she screamed . . . it was a scream of mortal terror -- and as I leaped from her, she fell!"
This is the fourth book in the Phantom Book Series published in the USA from 1951-52. The number of Phantom books published in the USA is 14, all original hard-boiled crime stories. Australia also had a Phantom Book Series patterned after the USA series. The Australian series ran much longer and encompassed over 300 titles.
Phantom Books No. 503. Paperback Original (1951). Digest size. Uncredited Cover Art
"Married to Murder" by Harry Whittington
"SHE HAD A WAY WITH MEN -- A WAY OF LEADING THEM TO THE GRAVE!"
From the blurb inside the front cover:
When a beautiful woman is in a jam, it takes a rough and ready tough guy like Joel Palmer to come to the rescue . . . Everywhere that murder went, so went Palmer, but the ex-cop, turned private eye, finally balked at the idea of stepping into a dead man's shoes -- even if it meant into the arms of the dead man's very much alive, and very beautiful, wife . . . Being a sucker for dames, Joel finally gives in and plays sitting duck for a cunning killer -- a spot that was easy enough to get into but that took guts and gunplay to get out of! Fighting the police, a woman from the past, blackmailers, and a gorgeous gal that he'd like to have in his future, Joel manages to ferret out the truth and to send the killer on his unhappy way -- up the river!
From the back cover (accompanying a posed photo):
KILLER ON THE LOOSE!
"I knew a dozen guys wanted her, And I knew there was a reason for it . . . There was hell in her -- but if that was hell, that was where I wanted to be . . . I reached for her and she flung her arms around my neck . . . Then, suddenly, she screamed . . . it was a scream of mortal terror -- and as I leaped from her, she fell!"
This is the fourth book in the Phantom Book Series published in the USA from 1951-52. The number of Phantom books published in the USA is 14, all original hard-boiled crime stories. Australia also had a Phantom Book Series patterned after the USA series. The Australian series ran much longer and encompassed over 300 titles.