The Rap Sheet: PaperBack: “Beacon in the Night”

Tuesday, May 08, 2018

PaperBack: “Beacon in the Night”

Part of a series honoring the late author and blogger Bill Crider.

Beacon in the Night, by Bill S. Ballinger (Signet, 1960).
Cover illustration by Robert E. Schulz.

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