Here Comes a Candle (Digital Original)

By: Fredric Brown

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Synopsis: This noir classic by an Edgar Award winner delves into the mind of a criminal: &“Close to the perfect psycho thriller . . . a relentless dance of death tempo.&” —The New York Times With innovative style far ahead of its time, this novel follows Joe Bailey, perched precariously on the fence between two lives. He&’s seeing a good-hearted girl who holds the promise of a comfortably content, if uneventful, future. But he&’s also passionately drawn to a femme fatale—and the world she inhabits, run by a tough Milwaukee racketeer. Haunted by a childhood rhyme and accompanying trauma, Bailey wrestles with his demons, in this psychologically complex tale with a shocking twist by an award-winning author praised as &“a natural storyteller&” (The New York Times Book Review).