Nothing More Than Murder

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Nothing More Than Murder
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First edition
Author Jim Thompson
LanguageEnglish
Genre Crime novel
Publisher Harper & Brothers
Publication date
1949
Publication placeUnited States
Media type Print

Nothing More Than Murder is a 1949 crime novel by Jim Thompson. [1]

Contents

Plot

An unscrupulous owner of a movie theater in a small town, Joe Wilmot, in an unhappy marriage and squeezed by the theater chains, concocts a murderous plot involving his wife and his lover. Wilmot's scheme unravels slowly as he finds out that his predicament was worse than he thought and that his friends and adversaries are more vicious. Also known as Murder at the Bijou.

References

  1. Nothing More Than Murder. Hachette Book Group. June 27, 2017. ISBN   978-1-61113-735-4.