Novel
Cuenta la historia de un bandido despiadado, Vic Dakin, y de sus planes para robar la nómina de una fábrica de plástico. El modo en que se lleva a cabo el golpe no es el modus operandi habitual de Dakin y el asunto se complicará aún más porque tendrá que colaborar con otro delincuente, Frank Fletcher.
Novel
A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including his bitter wife, Anna. When the lovely young Shirley Taylor, one of Weir's students, falls for her unfortunate instructor, he is tempted and flattered but turns down her advances. Taylor's subsequent actions make Weir's life even more complicated.
