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Sunday, November 16, 2025

PaperBack: “Murder with Love”

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



Murder with Love, by “Vechel Howard,” aka Howard Rigsby (Gold Medal, 1959). This was the first of two novels Rigsby (1909-1975) penned starring Johnny Church, described by The Thrilling Detective Web Site as a 30-something, “medium-boiled P.I. who works for the Gerard Agency, which has offices in New York, Kansas City and San Francisco ...” Its sequel, Murder On Her Mind, was also published by Gold Medal in 1959. Cover art by Charles Binger.

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