Dames on the Docket

In case you are unaware of this fact, our sister blog Killer Covers has spent the last week celebrating “The Twelve Dames of Christmas.” This is not the first time it has undertaken such an endeavor, and it may not be the last. But the criterion for inclusion this year was different, as I explained in my introduction to the series:

After posting two showcases of vintage paperback book covers featuring “Dame” in their titles—first in 2016, and again in 2018—I pretty much used up my resources. But then I remembered that I still had a wide variety of book fronts sporting “dame” in their cover teaser lines. So this morning, as my distinctive way of honoring the legendary “12 days of Christmas” (December 25 to January 5), I am posting the first of what will be a dozen fronts with “dame” superimposed somewhere amid their artwork.

Today’s selection, by the way, is Assignment: Seduction, a 1963 release from the pseudonymous George Cassidy. You can enjoy its sexy front here, and catch up with the continuing series here.