The Kill-Off by Jim Thompson

The Kill-Off

Jim Thompson

235 pages first pub 1957 (editions)

fiction crime mystery adventurous dark mysterious slow-paced
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Luane Devore's days are numbered. All her neighbors in the declining seaside resort town of Manduwoc want her dead. Some, like her young husband Ralph and his girlfriend Danny, want the thousands of dollars she keeps hidden under the mattress she ...

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