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A Touch of Death
A TOUCH OF DEATH was published in 1954. Lee Scarborough has kidnapped Mrs. Butler, the wife of a bank director who just stole $120,000 from the local bank. Lee suspects Mrs. Butler killed her husband and hidden the money. So does the police. Lee wants all the money and, in exchange, promises to help Mrs. Butler leave the state. But it seems that the smart Mrs. Butler is manipulating Lee. Anyway, she doesn't hesitate to kill her husband's mistress in ...
Big City Girl
BIG CITY GIRL has been first published in 1951. There are two main plots in this Faulkner style novel. Joy is the wife of Neely Sewell who's just been caught and condemned after having challenged the Texas police force. Without any money left, Joy had no choice than to stay at the Sewell's farm with her in-laws. She's a no good girl dreaming of the enchanted life of the big cities. She tries to seduce Mitch, Neely's brother, who violently rejects h...
Hill Girl
HILL GIRL is the first novel of Charles Williams published in 1951. Bob is 22 years old and has just come back home after an unsuccessful attempt in the boxing business. Meanwhile, his brother Lee has married his long-time girlfriend, and the Major, the brothers's father, has died. Bob is a farmer at heart and decides to live in his grandfather's farm. Always close to his brother Lee, he's sad and worried when he learns that Lee is cheating on his wif...
Nothing in Her Way
NOTHING IN HER WAY is a novel that has been published in 1953. Belen and Cathy were 10 years old when their fathers were swindled by their business partners Goodwin and Nathan and they haven't forgotten it. Married for a while, and now divorced for two years, both however are still dreaming of revenge. So Belen is not at all surprised when Cathy contacts him and proposes a way to get even with the two crooks. Still in love with Cathy, Belen is astound...

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The Catfish Tangle
THE CATFISH TANGLE has been published in 1951. A Deputy Sheriff from a little Louisiana town, while fishing in the bayou, meets a young woman who hides with her husband in a cabin near the lake. Both fall madly in love and soon the husband, an escaped convict, is killed by Jack. Both lovers hope to catch a flight to California but, first, Jack will have to come back into the bayous in order to remove an important clue. For two days, Jack wanders throu...