Jim Thompson 
Savage Night [EPUB ebook] 

Small time America…a college student…organised crime — and murder. A brilliantly dark tale from the noir master’The best suspense writer going, bar none’ NEW YORK TIMES’My favorite crime novelist — often imitated but never duplicated’ Stephen King’The master of the American groin-kick novel’ VANITY FAIRUnder the guise of a college student, Carl Bigelow moves into a small town and into the life of Jake Winroy, a one-time crook who now plans to testify against an organised crime figure. The tricky thing is to kill Jake without making it look like a hit. But Jake’s wife is more than willing to help Carl with anything he requires…