tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post3628729758150324015..comments2024-02-22T17:59:50.213-05:00Comments on in so many words...: Damsels in Distress: Mystery Bookcovers of A Certain SortYvettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-31036572824263760752016-09-22T07:35:59.342-04:002016-09-22T07:35:59.342-04:00Like many others I donated many of these books, ev...Like many others I donated many of these books, even the ones with maps on the back, when I moved. Drat!Gramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027824918114690029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-46585982353185054162016-05-20T12:34:07.534-04:002016-05-20T12:34:07.534-04:00I know, I know, I didn't attribute any of the ...I know, I know, I didn't attribute any of the photos this time around. I do try to, ordinarily. That's why I like THE VAGABOND VIRGIN, I hoped I was being facetious. Well, actually, in THE DEATH OF JEZEBEL, don't forget that the young heroine was accosted in her apartment at some point in the novel. But I don't remember what she was wearing. Still, you are quite right, the murder takes place on stage in a make believe kind of 'castle' tower or contraption. Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-38999725542041979992016-05-20T12:24:38.454-04:002016-05-20T12:24:38.454-04:00Great news, Prashant. What a coincidence. I like a...Great news, Prashant. What a coincidence. I like a free ebook when I can get one or find one online. WHO PAYS THE PIPER is a Wentworth book featuring another of her creations, Ernest Lamb. Let us know how you liked it. I've never heard of it, but checked online. <br /><br />I'm guilty of buying an old book because of its cover as well. Sometimes that's the best part. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-10467078262728959102016-05-20T12:21:04.565-04:002016-05-20T12:21:04.565-04:00No gory-ness here, Kathy. Just plenty of beauties ...No gory-ness here, Kathy. Just plenty of beauties caught up in perilous circumstances (mostly of their own making, but let's not judge too severely). Ha!Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-78658537646711327102016-05-20T12:19:41.784-04:002016-05-20T12:19:41.784-04:00HaHA!! Yes! HaHA!! Yes! Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-31563633683545912762016-05-20T12:19:08.482-04:002016-05-20T12:19:08.482-04:00Yeah, that top one is pretty good, Tracy. Actually...Yeah, that top one is pretty good, Tracy. Actually, I like all these covers or I wouldn't have featured them in the post. But as I mentioned (I think) I like the THE GAZEBO one just because the lady looks as if all that's bothering her is a bad headache. Makes me smile. But I think the Frances Crane one is a doozy as well.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-63574347003043111232016-05-20T11:04:34.226-04:002016-05-20T11:04:34.226-04:00Nice collection. Where did you find another copy o...Nice collection. Where did you find another copy of <i>The Empty House</i> by Irina Karlova!!! Just kidding. I know that's my photo. Actually Darrell Johnson's photo he sent me to use on my post about that book. <br /><br /><i>The Vagabond Virgin</i> dame just looks sort of bored. Hardly in peril. Like her eyes have glazed over from driving for hours at night on boring Ohio highways. I know that feeling! :^)<br /><br />The illustration on the cover of <i>Death of Jezebel</i> has nothing to do with the novel! The murder victims are killed on stage. The artwork looks more suited for another Brand mystery TOUR DE FORCE, though the hand on the door would not be accurate for that either.J F Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06473487417479127354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-33095193056129146502016-05-19T08:31:50.963-04:002016-05-19T08:31:50.963-04:00Yvette, I often buy paperbacks only because of cov...Yvette, I often buy paperbacks only because of covers like these, even though I might not read the books for a long time. It's like finding treasure, which in my neck of the woods really is. <br /><br />Incidentally, shortly after I read and commented on your review of Patricia Wentworth's "Grey Mask," I received an email from a publisher containing a free ebook of "Who Pays the Piper?" with an open invitation to more. Imagine that!Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-89397533097482528852016-05-18T00:25:12.155-04:002016-05-18T00:25:12.155-04:00I remember these covers back in my high school day...I remember these covers back in my high school days, but worse were the paperback covers with women victims, gory, bloody. Those were the Mickey Spillane/Mike Hammer books. I refused to read any of them.<br /><br />Also, I think the Ellery Queen mystery magazine could have gory covers with women victims.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-8018039835133692742016-05-17T21:31:27.792-04:002016-05-17T21:31:27.792-04:00My favorite is Patricia Wentworth's The Case i...My favorite is Patricia Wentworth's The Case is Closed. "Kids, if you try to talk to me again while I'm on the phone, I'll shoot you!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07418612871246199865noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-71513131812277599982016-05-17T14:52:37.617-04:002016-05-17T14:52:37.617-04:00The top one is my favorite. I am glad Sergio point...The top one is my favorite. I am glad Sergio pointed out the Frances Crane that I had missed, I would like to find that one (with that cover). A lovely group of covers. The Key with the man in the mirror is also very nice.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-80594968543427067692016-05-17T10:11:14.920-04:002016-05-17T10:11:14.920-04:00I agree, that's what I love about them. :)I agree, that's what I love about them. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-26481464756326519242016-05-17T10:10:50.806-04:002016-05-17T10:10:50.806-04:00Well, who doesn't? HA! Know what you mean, Pat...Well, who doesn't? HA! Know what you mean, Pat. Those were the days when women Dressed with a capital D. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-9570952890879381672016-05-17T10:09:34.371-04:002016-05-17T10:09:34.371-04:00Well, we can only store so many books after all. :...Well, we can only store so many books after all. :) Even after giving away tons of my books when I moved down to N.C., I still probably have too many. Oh well, I'll just have to find a place for them.Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-22717282950030496692016-05-17T10:07:17.419-04:002016-05-17T10:07:17.419-04:00Thanks, Sergio. I love doing these posts - maybe I...Thanks, Sergio. I love doing these posts - maybe I will take your advice and do more. :) The Frances Crane cover is one of my favorites too. And I love THE GAZEBO headache-y one. :)Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-65566864895522441272016-05-17T08:45:34.823-04:002016-05-17T08:45:34.823-04:00What atmospheric covers! What atmospheric covers! joan.kylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015342608992682333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-12427002156737201752016-05-17T08:43:31.926-04:002016-05-17T08:43:31.926-04:00I know that I am drawn to those covers. I want to...I know that I am drawn to those covers. I want to know where she bought that dress or how much the pearls cost. LOLCaftan Womanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936895555808823221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-34441481320541953672016-05-17T06:45:09.816-04:002016-05-17T06:45:09.816-04:00I think I may have had a few of these, or ones lik...I think I may have had a few of these, or ones like them back in the day. Too bad I donated all those old paperbacks to charity!Gramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027824918114690029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3185294584889963228.post-46571113456277096752016-05-17T03:08:18.579-04:002016-05-17T03:08:18.579-04:00Great stuff Yvette - with your love of art and mys...Great stuff Yvette - with your love of art and mysteries you should really do more of these chum - not that I'm complaining! I can confirm that the Arley is very much a WIP story, and not a very good novel, but the Gardner really doesn't qualify, everyone is just too hardboiled! I love the Frances Crane cover :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com