PaperBack: “When She Was Bad”

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



When She Was Bad, by William Ard (Dell, 1960). This was the second of two novels starring ex-con actor-turned-sleuth Danny Fontaine (né Mike Fontaine). Cover illustration by Robert McGinnis.

PaperBack: “Like Ice She Was”

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



Like Ice She Was, by William Ard (Monarch, 1960). This was the second and final book (after 1959’s All I Can Get) that Ard wrote about New York City private investigator Lou Largo. Four additional series installments were subsequently penned under Ard’s byline by Lawrence Block and John Jakes.

Cover illustration by Raymond Johnson.

PaperBack: “When She Was Bad”

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



When She Was Bad, by William Ard (Dell, 1960).
Cover illustration by Robert McGinnis.

PaperBack: “You’ll Get Yours”

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


You’ll Get Yours, by “Thomas Wills,” aka William Ard (Lion, 1956). Cover illustration by Harry Schaare.