As you know if you’ve read the books, or read esteemed co-blogger Nick’s recent reviews of the books (1, 2, 3, 4), the Grofield series appears to be Westlake’s attempt to create a series where he experimented with a different genre in each volume. The Dame is the whodunit, which I think this cover captures quite nicely.
I note with amusement while typing this that “whodunit” passes spell check.
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Just thought I’d mention that my copies of The Dame and The Blackbird arrived today, via Amazon. Not crazy about the cover art (the one thing U. of Chicago can be faulted on in their Stark reprints), but nice editions overall.
And very soon, there will be no more Richard Stark novels for me to read. :(