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Hank Janson - Series Two #6
The Lady Has a Scar
When a successful but brutish playwright is stabbed to death in the aftermath of a wild party, there is no shortage of suspects - but which is the killer?
In his latest assignment, Chicago Chronicle crime reporter Hank Janson finds himself participating in a striptease party game, being roughed up by the police investigators and dodging the attentions of a determined nymphomaniac, while he desperately tries to separate the clues from the red herrings.
With their erotic pin-up covers and hardboiled crime tales, the Hank Janson pulp paperbacks were a British publishing sensation in the 1940s and 1950s, selling millions of copies to readers craving escapism from post-war austerity. Prosecutions under Britain's then-harsh obscenity laws dealt them a severe blow, however, and today they are highly sought after by collectors.
'The Lady Has a Scar', originally published in 1950, is one of the most risqué of these classic novels. It is reissued by Telos Publishing complete with its original cover by celebrated artist Reginald Heade.
In his latest assignment, Chicago Chronicle crime reporter Hank Janson finds himself participating in a striptease party game, being roughed up by the police investigators and dodging the attentions of a determined nymphomaniac, while he desperately tries to separate the clues from the red herrings.
With their erotic pin-up covers and hardboiled crime tales, the Hank Janson pulp paperbacks were a British publishing sensation in the 1940s and 1950s, selling millions of copies to readers craving escapism from post-war austerity. Prosecutions under Britain's then-harsh obscenity laws dealt them a severe blow, however, and today they are highly sought after by collectors.
'The Lady Has a Scar', originally published in 1950, is one of the most risqué of these classic novels. It is reissued by Telos Publishing complete with its original cover by celebrated artist Reginald Heade.
218 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 1, 1950
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About the author
Hank Janson
320 books8 followersA pseudonym used by Stephen Frances and Victor Norwood.
Hank Janson was the most popular and successful of British pulp fiction authors of the 1940s and 1950s. It was estimated that over five million of the author's books had been sold by 1954.
'When Dames Ge Tough' was the first Hank Janson novel in 1946 and there were around 220 featuring the tough Chicago reporter through to 'The Young Wolves' in 1968.
Many of the later novels were reputed to be the work of other authors.
Hank Janson was the most popular and successful of British pulp fiction authors of the 1940s and 1950s. It was estimated that over five million of the author's books had been sold by 1954.
'When Dames Ge Tough' was the first Hank Janson novel in 1946 and there were around 220 featuring the tough Chicago reporter through to 'The Young Wolves' in 1968.
Many of the later novels were reputed to be the work of other authors.
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September 6, 2023
This a one day wonder a 213 pages of crime classic brilliant sexist erotica fun that was very naughty in 1950 in time when showing a leg was daring and this funny I read Hank books before full of red herrings and kinky games.
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