(This is the 22nd and final entry in Killer Covers ’ late-summer celebration of fictional private eyes .) Dreaming of Babylon , by Richa...

I launched Killer Covers ’ “Slice of P.I.” series on July 24 , which (by no coincidence) was National and International Private Investigator...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) The Autumn Dead , by Ed Gorman (St. Martin’s Press, 1987). Dust jacket illustra...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Asking for Trouble , by “Joe Rayter,” aka Mary Fuller McChesney (Pocket, 1956)....

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Darker Than Amber , by John D. MacDonald (Fawcett Gold Medal, 1982). Cover illu...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Grave Error , by Stephen Greenleaf (Dial Press, 1979). At the time of this boo...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) A Key to the Morgue , by Robert Martin (Ace, 1960). This is the ninth of 13 no...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Steel Guitar , by Linda Barnes (Delacorte, 1991). This is the fourth entry in B...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Deadly Weapon , by “Wade Miller,” aka Robert Wade and Bill Miller (Signet, 1960...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Portrait in Smoke , by Bill S. Ballinger (Signet, 1951). William Sanborn “Bil...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) A Red Death , by Walter Mosley (W.W. Norton, 1991). Set in Los Angeles’ worki...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Hickory Dickory Death , by Agatha Christie (Pocket, 1975). Published original...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Murder on the Yellow Brick Road , by Stuart M. Kaminsky (Penguin, 1979), with c...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Killing Orders , by Sara Paretsky (Morrow, 1985). This was the third novel to...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) The Sins of the Fathers , by Lawrence Block (Dell, 1976). Block is now 88 yea...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Shady Lady , by Cleve F. Adams (Ace, 1955). Originally published as Too Fair to ...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Blood and Honey , by G.G. Fickling (Pyramid, 1961). Here we find the eighth nove...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) Killers Are My Meat , by “ Stephen Marlowe ,” aka Milton Lesser (Gold Medal, 195...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) The Kissing Gourami , by Kin Platt (Charter 1980), with a cover illustration by...

(Part of a series celebrating fictional private eyes .) The Lady Is Afraid , by George Harmon Coxe (Dell, 1953), with a cover illustrat...