I, the Jury. Mickey Spillane. Arthur Barker, London, 1952. First UK edition. Original dust jacket.Sp
I, the Jury. Mickey Spillane. Arthur Barker, London, 1952. First UK edition. Original dust jacket.Spillane’s first Mike Hammer mystery, and the progenitor to a whole generation of books featuring ultra-violent detective heroes. Basis for the 1953 film noir.New York City, summer 1944. Although she runs a successful private psychiatric clinic on New York’s Park Avenue, Dr. Charlotte Manning — young, beautiful, blonde, and well-to-do — cannot get enough. In order to increase her profit, she gets involved with a group of criminals — a “syndicate” — specialising in both prostitution and drug-trafficking. -- source link
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