Sin Pit by Paul S. Meskil
Sin Pit by Paul Meskil Lion Books No. 198 1st and only Lion Edition March 1954 Sublimely skanky cover art, uncredited but I believe it is by Lou Marchetti. This very nice copy is probably the greatest one-hit wonder in all of noir. Regarded as a top noir crime/mystery novel and one of my favorite vintage paperbacks. The back cover blurb is so good. James Reasoner gives it a good go at a review here Some interesting factoids about Meskil's true crime career here This copy came from the Vintage Treasure Chest collection, which was a large collection out of Southern Connecticut that came to market on eBay in 2022-2023. I bought a ton of these mostly high grade books at auction and ended up buying out the remainder from the seller when he got tired of listing individual books.