Monday, July 13, 2009

Love Those Hard Case Covers

The forthcoming Hard Case Crime novel Honey in His Mouth, by 20th-century pulp writer Lester Dent (the main author of the old Doc Savage series), sounds like a great read: the first publication ever of a story about a small-time grifter who looks very much like a South American dictator.

But let's be honest: illustrator Ron Lesser’s cover (based on the same reference photo he used to paint the 1972 paperback jacket of Edward S. Aarons’ The Decoy) is the main reason to get your paws on this one. Honey in His Mouth is due out in October.

1 comment:

Frank Loose said...

Yea, nice leg art, no argument from me, but i just read the first chapter of the book and it sounds great! Could be two good reasons to buy it.