[5] Erle Stanley Garner, John D. MacDonald, Richard Prather

* Entries include:

• THE CASE OF THE RELUCTANT MODEL by Erle Stanley Gardner (raven and plant)
• ALL THESE CONDEMNED by John D. MacDonald (strawberry blonde in bikini)
• THE ONLY GIRL IN THE GAME by John D. MacDonald (raven on roulette table)
• THE SCRAMBLED YEGGS by Richard S. Prather (brunette on couch with fur)
• THE PEDDLER by Richard S. Prather (blonde on sofa with money)

This is a fairly skimpy page, but I am expecting to expand coverage of all three of these authors and wanted to leave room for growth.

The Erle Stanley Garner Perry Mason and John D. MacDonald mystery covers were restrained compared to other detective covers, working more for a dramatic effect with some glamour than stimulation. The Richard Prather Shell Scott detective novel covers were not so restrained, and McGinnis seems to have expended more than his usual amount of effort on them. Prather described in detail his overwhelming disgust when his publishers gave up using McGinnis paintings and went to photographs of actors that looked like promos for grade-Z movies. I'll do more covers for these authors in the future,