“Tight Squeeze,” by William Fuller

Tight Squeeze, by William Fuller (Dell, 1960). This is the last of half a dozen novels to feature Brad Dolan, Bill Fuller’s “hard-boiled adventurer, smuggler and wanderer,” described by The Thrilling Detective Web Site as “a sort of pre-Travis McGee Travis McGee and certainly no stranger to trouble. Or violence. Or babes.”

Cover artwork by Victor Kalin.

Hooks Hits: “Local Talent”

Part of a series saluting artist-illustrator Mitchell Hooks.



Local Talent, by William Fuller (Dell, 1960). This novel—the second of six to feature Fuller’s adventurer-cum-detective, Brad Dolan—was originally released in 1954 as Goat Island.

Hooks had previously created the cover art for another Fuller tale, a standalone titled The Pace That Kills (1956):



READ MORE: “Brad Dolan #5: Miami Manhunt” (Paperback Warrior).