Whether the women in these 1950s-era illustrations are solving crimes or committing them, you can be sure there’s plenty of intrigue afoot!
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The Outcasts
Peter Stevens
September 29, 1956
Furlough in Flatbush
Frederic Varady
August 19, 1944
The Unsuspected
Austin Briggs
August 11, 1945
Sentence of Death
Ken Riley
October 23, 1948
Easy to Murder
James R. Bingham
January 6, 1951
Girls Are Where You Find Them
George Englert
January 17, 1953
Death in the Wind
Bernard D’Andrea
November 5, 1955
Rendezvous in Tokyo
William A. Smith
December 15, 1956
Murder on Order
Perry Peterson
March 9, 1957
The Artless Heiress
Robert Meyers
June 1, 1957
Gem Thief
November 29, 1958
It All Happened to Me
Austin Briggs
July 1, 1950
Feminine Reflex
George Englert
September 3, 1949
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Fun!!!
Loved the art and the 1950’s books, sexy without the smut!
ENJOYED THE BOOKS FROM THE 1950’S, SEXY WITHOUT SMUT. Loved the art!
Delightfully wonderful selections. I’m not sure if all or most of them are having that much ‘fun’ here as such. It looks like several are in the wrong place at the wrong time, surrounded by the wrong men.
Girls are where you find them, even if she’s a cold war blonde wearing just her bra, holding a tennis racket, having fallen into God knows what kind of sinkhole! Will he save the day, will the blue shirt help, or will they both vanish?? I dunno, but I think he gets her out.
I like the sexy dame in #11 Post editors, but couldn’t quite make out the name of the illustrator here. The gal looks a lot like Liz at the height of her beauty, but forget about that for now! I’m in the mood for a film noir ‘B’ movie fix called ‘Wicked Woman’ from 1953 starring Beverly Michaels on youtube. She’s bad to the bone I tell ya!