Black Lizard was an American book publisher. A division of the Creative Arts Book Company of Berkeley, California, Black Lizard specialized in reprinting forgotten crime fiction and noir fiction writers and novels originally released between the 1930s and the 1960s, many of which are now acknowledged as classics of their genres.
James Thompson may refer to:
Marshall Thompson was an American film and television actor.
Maury Troy Travis was an American murderer and suspected serial killer who committed suicide in custody in St. Louis County, Missouri, after being arrested for murder. Travis was named in a federal criminal complaint for the murders of two women. At the time of the murders, he was a hotel waiter and on parole for a 1989 robbery. While Travis claimed in a letter to have murdered seventeen women, some authorities were doubtful; others thought he may have murdered up to twenty women.
Savage Night is a 1953 novel by the thriller writer Jim Thompson.
Pop. 1280 is a crime novel by Jim Thompson, published in 1964. NPR's Stephen Marche described it as Thompson's "true masterpiece, a preposterously upsetting, ridiculously hilarious layer cake of nastiness, a romp through a world of nearly infinite deceit."
Heed the Thunder is a 1946 American crime novel by Jim Thompson. It was Thompson's second novel.
Sentenced for Life is a low budget 1960 British crime film, directed by Max Varnel and starring Basil Dignam, Jack Gwillim, Francis Matthews, and Jill Williams.
The Nothing Man is a 1953 novel by Jim Thompson.
Wild Town is a crime novel by Jim Thompson, published in 1957. It weaves together threads of murder, embezzlement, blackmail, and seduction in the post oil boom West Texas of the 1920's. The various locations and characters are all highly influenced by Thompson's jobs and homes growing up and living in Oklahoma and Texas.
Shedrick Thompson was an African-American man from Fauquier County, Virginia, who was accused of crimes against his white employers in 1932. He was later found dead, hanging from a tree. Upon discovery, his body was mutilated and burned. While an official verdict declared it a suicide, others maintained that he was lynched. He was 39.
The Rip-Off is a 1989 crime novel by Jim Thompson.
A Swell-Looking Babe is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson.
Recoil is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson.
Recoil is a 1973 American crime novel by Jim Thompson.
Child of Rage is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson.
Texas by the Tail is an American crime novel by Jim Thompson.
South of Heaven is a 1967 American crime novel by Jim Thompson.
Fireworks is an American collection of crime novels by Jim Thompson.
