The Hot Spot (Digital Original) (Vintage Crime/black Lizard Ser.)

By: Charles Williams

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Synopsis: A small Texas town heats up as a drifter turns to crime in this &“ingeniously plotted&” tale of guilt, greed, and lust that inspired the Dennis Hopper film (The New York Times). In a town so small that Main Street is only three blocks long, there isn&’t a lot to do—other than work, ogle women, and think about fast ways to get rich. After a year of aimless wandering, Madox has landed here, nearly broke and with no prospects but a dead-end job selling cars to yokels. Until one afternoon a fire at the burger joint draws the attention of everyone in town—including the men who are supposed to be guarding the bank. It&’s almost too good to be true, but there it is—$15,000 lying around, watched by no one. Now all Madox needs is a little nerve and a second distraction. And while one woman will give him the nerve, another will make him ready to kill.