After Dark, My Sweet (Crime Masterworks)
Author: Jim Thompson
William “Kid” Collins was once a respected boxer. Now he’s a drifter, on the run after escaping from a mental institution.,,One afternoon he meets Fay, a beautiful young widow. She is smart and decent — at least when she’s sober.,,Soon Collins finds himself involved in a kidnapping scheme that goes drastically wrong almost before it even begins. Because the kid they’ve pi….Read More
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