Tuesday, July 12, 2022

Another Look: “Death-Watch”

Warning: Artistic inspiration drawn from book titles may vary.



Left: Death-Watch, by John Dickson Carr (Dell, 1952); cover illustration by George Mayers, with a “mapback” rear cover shown here. Right: Death Watch, by John Dickson Carr (Berkley, 1958); cover art credited to Robert Maguire. First published in 1935, this is the fifth of Carr’s 23 novels starring corpulent amateur sleuth Dr. Gideon Fell.

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