Map Back Monday: Helen McCloy's Do Not Disturb

It's been awhile since I've posted a Dell Mapback cover and Map for MapBack Monday. Love these old books.. great stories and great graphics. The perfect match. Today's Mapback is Helen McCloy's Do Not Disturb (1943). The book also has a cast of characters with descriptions. The Hotel Majestic is another hotel I won't be checking into any time soon.

I really like the Helen McCloy books. 
Check out the Mapback covers and maps I've posted for:

She Walks Alone

The Goblin Market

Through a Glass Darkly

Who's Calling? 

Helen McCloy (June 6, 1904 – December 1, 1994), is the pseudonym of Helen Clarkson. She was an American mystery writer, whose series character Dr. Basil Willing debuted in Dance of Death (1938). Willing believes, that "every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints, and he can't wear gloves to hide them." He appeared in 13 of McCloy's novels and in several of her short stories. McCloy often used the theme of doppelganger, but in the end of the story she showed a psychological or realistic explanation for the seemingly supernatural events. 

Read J F Norris's review of Do Not Disturb on Pretty Sinister Books.

Mapback Monday: The Glass Mask by Lenore Glen Offord

I've always enjoyed the mysteries by Lenore Glen Offord, maybe because she was local, maybe because I like the writing and the stories. I also love her period settings. She was true to her locale and time (WWII and post-war period). I'm glad I have this Dell Mapback in my collection to celebrate Mapback Monday!

The Glass Mask (1944) by Lenore Glen Offord, Dell #198 mapback edition, 1947.
A Todd McKinnon book.

Lenore Glen Offord was a mystery writer and mystery reviewer in the San Francisco Bay Area. She won an Edgar Award for Outstanding Criticism in 1952. She published 12 novels, 8 of which were mysteries.

Read Gary Lovisi's article on Map Back Mysteries, here.

Map Back Monday: She Walks Alone by Helen McCloy

Today is Map Back Monday. Here's another great Dell Map Back-- She Walks Alone (1948) by Helen McCloy. Murder on the High Seas with the tagline "A girl who expected to be killed, a jar of blood, boxes of terror...." 

Map Back Monday: Jack Iams' Girl Meets Body

Map Back Monday, another 'racy' cover...and fabulous Dell Map Back. Girl Meets Body (1947) by Jack Iams. "A Dead Peeping Tom Surprises a September Morning Bride"

Jack Iams was a journalist, novelist and editor. Girl Meets Body-- Piers, War Brides, and more!