Showing posts with label Roy Lance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Roy Lance. Show all posts

Friday, November 16, 2007

Paperback 44: Graphic 149

Paperback 44: Graphic 149 (PBO, 1957)

Title: Murder Without Tears
Author: Leonard Lupton
Cover artist: Roy Lance

"Games without frontiers ... murder without tears"

Best things about this cover:
  • "I'd love to stay with you longer in this rock quarry, but my ride's here now, so I better go..."
  • Purple Sky, Tree of Death! (my suggested alternate title for this book)
  • Hey lady, it's a gun, not a pet.


Best things about this back cover:
  • Everything
  • What the hell does "Need a Body Cry" mean?! I need a grammatical explanation
  • "Need a body? Cry: 'Murder Without Tears'!" - does that make sense?
  • This lady has forced me to create a new blog tag: "Bad Hair" (see also Paperback 43)
  • I love the "Brady Bunch" feel of the back cover - it's like Bobby's trying to shoot Marcia

RP