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"Lie Back and Enjoy It" by Lawrence Block
One of Lawrence Block’s earliest published short stories, at age 20 (though he wrote and sold it at 19) from Trapped Detective Story Magazine, October 1958. They just don’t do magazines li… more →
Those Sexy Vintage Sleaze Books
"Lie Back and Enjoy It" by Lawrence Block
wrote 9 hours ago: One of Lawrence Block’s earliest published short stories, at age 20 (though he wrote and sold … more →
I Prowl by Night by Orrie Hitt
wrote 9 hours ago: Reviewed here. … more →
Crossroads of Lust by Andrew Shaw (Lawrence Block), Midnight Reader, 1962
wrote 4 days ago: This Shaw is definitely penned by Lawrence Block — his style is all over it. It’s essen … more →
Vice Town by Ennis Willie (Vega Books, 1962)
wrote 1 week ago: I wasn’t blown away by the two Sand Shocker novels I read of Willie’s, but I did like th … more →
The Getaway Man by Andrew Vachss (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Books, 2003)
wrote 1 week ago: Not a “vintage” sleaze/crime/sex book, but written in the vintage mode, with a retro typ … more →
The Sinners by Michael Hemmingson (Blue Moon, 2005)
wrote 3 weeks ago: Seems Google Books has some pages up here. Title is obviously vintage-inspired. … more →
Only the Bed by Don Holliday (Hal Dresner), Midwood #19, 1959
wrote 3 weeks ago: The original Don Holliday was Hal Dresner, a Scott Meredith stable writer, who — along with fe … more →
The Many Faces of John Dexter #4: Sharing Sharon by Harry Whittington (Idle Hour Books #402, 1965)
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wrote 3 weeks ago: A great sadistic-in-nature cover for this Harry Whittington-penned John Dexter, one of the “T … more →
The Bedroom Route by Sheldon Lord (Lawrence Block/Donald Westlake?), Beacon, 1963
wrote 4 weeks ago: The Sheldon Lords are a mixed bag, depending on who penned them — Lawrence Block, Donald West … more →
Wild Pursuit by Bill Lauren (Merit Books, 1961)
wrote 4 weeks ago: I got this book in an eBay lot; it was falling apart and in bad shape and I’d never heard of t … more →
Wild to Possess by Gil Brewer (Monarch Books #107, 1959)
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wrote 1 month ago: Gil Brewer started off with hits for Gold Medal, but all was not milk and honey for the noir author, … more →
Wild Turkey by Michael Hemmingson (Forge, 2001)
wrote 1 month ago: Not a vintage book, but one of my books — since I have a “wild” theme going on her … more →
Wild Wives by Charles Willeford (Beacon, 1956)
wrote 1 month ago: Charles Willeford’s orginal title for this quirky private eye yarn was Until I Am Dead, but Be … more →
The Big Slap in the Big Sleep
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wrote 1 month ago: To continie the debate of Harlequin’s politically correct censoring and altering of reprints o … more →
Pardon My Body by Dale Bogard (Harlequin, 1952 and 2009)
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wrote 1 month ago: Back in them thar olden politically incorrect years of the 1940s-50s, Harlequin Books published in a … more →
Tropic of Carla by Jerry M. Goff, Jr. (Merit Books, 1963)
wrote 1 month ago: I was previously impressed with Jerry M. Goff, Jr.’s Thrill Crazy and Wanton Wench! and contin … more →
Wine, Women, and Love by Adam Snavely (Kozy Books #160, 1962)
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wrote 1 month ago: When I previously examined Adam Snavely’s The Big Flick, I was impressed and wondered who this … more →
The Girl with the Long Green Heart by Lawrence Block (Gold Medal, 1965)
wrote 1 month ago: Block was, what, 25-26 years old when he wrote this one, having broken away from his Andrew Shaw per … more →
Big Man by Con Sellers (Novel Books, 1961)
wrote 1 month ago: This is my first Con Sellers book, although I have ordered several, and I’m not disappointed. … more →
