Title: The Criminal
First published: 1953
Description: A teenage girl is raped and murdered. A father turns his back on his son. A vicious press lord turns justice into a carnival. A terrified boy is railroaded. In the twisted world of Jim Thompson, everyone is guilty, and the worst crimes are unpunishable.
Subjects: Fiction, mystery & detective, hard-boiled
LC classification: PS3539.H6733 C75 1993