Savage Night
Savage Night by Jim Thompson, published by Little, Brown on August 5, 2014, is a gripping exploration of desperation and danger. This edition spans 256 pages and is presented in English. The narrative follows Jake Winroy, who has clawed his way to the top of a lucrative horse-betting operation, only to find himself ensnared by law enforcement and facing the looming threat of organized crime. As he prepares to testify against powerful adversaries, his life hangs in the balance, complicated by personal demons and a tumultuous marriage.
Readers will delve into a world of crime, mystery, and suspense as Jake becomes the target of a hit man named Charlie “Little” Bigger, who is tasked with ensuring he never reaches the courtroom. The tension escalates as Bigger’s mission becomes complicated by his encounters with the alluring Fay and the vulnerable housemaid Ruth. Savage Night presents a claustrophobic thriller that intricately examines the fractured psyche of its protagonist while weaving a tale of betrayal and survival within the hard-boiled crime genre.
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Jake Winroy had no looks, no education, and little else before he’d worked his way to the top of a million-dollar-a-month horse-betting ring. But when the state’s latched onto his game, the feds take a bite and the lawyer fees eat away at the rest, all Jake’s got left is the bottle and a beautiful wife whose every word is ugly.
Jake’s to be the top witness in a major case against organized crime–if he hasn’t already kicked the bucket before the trial has its day in court. But an enigmatic mafioso known only as The Man has a plan to make dead certain Jake never gets the chance to testify.
The Man’s hired Charlie “Little” Bigger, a hit man barely five feet tall, to infiltrate the Winroy residence as a tenant and murder Winroy in cold blood. To Little, it seems like the easiest job on Earth. Until he lays eyes on the beautiful and dangerous Fay and the Winroy’s young housemaid Ruth, a woman as sensual as she is vulnerable. SAVAGE NIGHT is Jim Thompson at his most unpredictable and deeply suspenseful, in a claustrophobic thriller of one man’s fractured mind.
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