NMLP P-014564 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

The Killer Inside Me

Jim Thompson · Lion Books (Lion #99) · 1952

The paperback IS the true first; Thompson's classic Lion/Lion Library titles were nearly all paperback originals. Much later hardcover reprints (e.g., later collected/reissued editions) are 'first thus' only.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-014564 for "The Killer Inside Me" by Jim Thompson (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-014564, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).