A Killing in the Market; Every Inch a Lady; Witchrock

The Detective Book Club produced volumes of three crime novels from 1942 to 1999. Originally monthly, near the end they dwindled down to just a few per year. Many famous detective and crime novelists had their early works featured in DBC editions. Often, books were published in DBC editions before, or at the same time as they were published in mass market form.

About the authors:

John Ball: Ball was best known for writing a series featuring Virgil Tibbs, beginning with "In the Heat of the Night". There were seven novels in that series, plus three more featuring Jack Tallon, and nine stand-alone novels, of which A Killing in the Market is one. Ball also worked as a broadcaster, daily columnist, science writer, and music critic. Ball died in 1988.
Joan Fleming: British writer Joan Fleming wrote a total of 33 novels of mystery and suspense. All were stand-alone novels, with only one pair featuring a recurrent character. Fleming died in 1980.
Bill Knox: Knox wrote under his own name and three pen names. He wrote two detective series under his own name, the Thane and Moss series (25 books) and the Webb Carrick series (15). There were three other series which he published under the name of Robert MacLeod, totaling another 22 books. He also wrote 12 stand alone novels. Knox died in 1999. Witchrock is the tenth book in the Webb Carrick series.