The Cut of the Whip / Kill One, Kill Two (Ace Double Novel Books)

New York, NY: Ace Books. Good. 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a mass market paperback book. Ace Double book number D297, with a price tag of 35cents. The book is in Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. There is rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book. There are a couple of smallish chips missing to the spine ends. The text pages are clean, but there is noticeable generalized toning. "Rabe had a clear and lucid style, and other than his series books, never wrote to formula or wrote the same book over and over. He wrote straight Gold Medal-type books such as Stop This Man! , Journey Into Terror, and Mission for Vengeance, as well as books that showed a lighter touch (Murder Me for Nickels, The Return of Marvin Palaver) , dark and almost brooding (A House in Naples, The Silent Wall) , and brilliant character studies of underworld figures (The Box, Benny Muscles In, Anatomy of a Killer). He was a subtle writer, and the dialogue and choices made by his characters show them off in unusual ways, often with seemingly unpredictable behavior that turns out to be entirely consistent with who they are as well as the plot of the book. He zigs when most writers would zag which makes even his stock characters interesting. " (from Wikipedia) .