Hell Hath No Fury
By Charles Williams.
Filmed as The Hot
Spot (1990), directed by Dennis Hopper.
Paperback.
First published 1953.
Published by Vintage.
ISBN 13: 9780679733294
ISBN 10: 0679733299
ASIN: 0679733299
Description:
A dark, brooding
masterpiece of guilt, greed, and lust in a town ripe for felony.
Madox wasn't all
bad. He was just half-bad. But trap a man like Madox in a dead-end job
in a stultifying small town, introduce him to a femme fatale like the Harshaw
woman, and give him a shot at a fast fifteen thousand dollars--in a bank just
begging to be knocked over--and his better nature doesn't stand a chance.
Merciless
in its suspense, flawless in its grasp of the ways in which ordinary people
hurtle over the edge, The Hot Spot is a superb example of fifties roman noir.