The Deep - Renato Fratini, Print Size:42cm x 59cm - 16.5inches x 23.4inches Fontana Books published Peter Cheyney’s

Fontana Books published Peter Cheyney’s novel Try Anything Twice in 1965

This piece was commissioned by Hodder & Stoughton for a series of novels by Leslie Charteris

Fratini used a deep red to depict the struggle of a single mother fighting her way out of New York’s slums

The stories were often violent

The original painting is approximately 45 cm wide x 70 cm tall

The Deep - Renato Fratini, Print Size:42cm x 59cm - 16.5inches x 23.4inches Fontana Books published Peter Cheyney’sCover illustration commissioned by Corgi Crime for the Mickey Spillane novel published in 1967. 'The Deep' was first published in 1961. The pulpiest of all pulp fiction writers, Spillane clearly hit on a formula that worked. His books have sold more than 225 million copies worldwide and seven of his books feature in the 15 bestselling books of all time in America. Eye catching cover illustrations were critical to the sales strategy of moving large