This cover for the 1965 sleaze novel Overnight Guest features art from Victor Olson depicting an actual scene from the story, except in the text the woman in question is face up and topless. It’s a good illustration, notable for the fact that it wasn’t painted by Paul Rader, who you’d be forgiven for thinking painted every cover for Midwood Books. As for Ludwell Hughes’ story, it’s the tale of a middle-aged man who becomes obsessed with two girls aged seventeen and nineteen, and pursues them relentlessly despite dire and multiplying consequences. This tale isn’t one where main character Richard Pell’s behavior is thought to be acceptable for the period. Pell knows himself to be a predator, and Hughes writes in zero excuses for his behavior. That’s pretty progressive for the era. Unfortunately, the book also takes a wrenching turn into evil lesbian tropes—not unusual in a Midwood paperback. Even so, Overnight Guest was a surprise in terms of theme and quality.
*gulp* She's grown in the last few years. And unfortunately I've grown in the last few seconds.