Artwork of the Day: Clio (by Ron Lesser)

Posted on May 23, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

by Ron Lesser

This cover is from 1968.

Artwork of the Day: South of the Bordello (by Ron Lesser)

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Dazzling Erin

by Ron Lesser

This cover is for one of the many novels about the spy known as The Lady From L.U.S.T.

Artwork of the Day: Johnny Come Lately (by Ron Lesser)

Posted on March 5, 2023 by Dazzling Erin

by Ron Lesser

This is from 1963. Who knows if Johnny ever made it.

Hard Case Crime Strikes Again!

Posted on May 28, 2022 by Dazzling Erin

Hard Case Crime publishes novels about crime. Some of them are reprints of classics from pulp era. Others are new works by authors paying homage to hard-boiled detective and crime stories of the 50s and 60s. The retro covers also pay homage to the pulp era. Some of the best cover artists around — from Robert McGinnis to Glenn Orbik to Chuck Pyle and many others — have done covers for Hard Case Crime and I absolutely love them. There are many people who buy these books strictly for the covers. I’m one of them.

I’ve shared several Hard Case Crime covers on this site. Here are a few of the more recent covers to come out of Hard Case Crime: