One is a Lonely Number / Black Wings Has My Angel by Bruce Elliott (English) Pap

Description: One is a Lonely Number / Black Wings Has My Angel by Bruce Elliott, Elliott Chaze Two pitch-black noirs from the early 1950s. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description ONE IS A LONELY NUMBER They cut out part of his tubercular lung in prison. But after the breakout, all Larry Camonille can do is run and keep on running. Hes ready to die rather than go back inside. Mexico looks good, where the weather is more accommodating to a man with bad lungs. He wants to stay in Chicago and take care of that lying tramp who promised to keep the getaway money for him. But Chicago is too hot. On the lam, Camonille bums it down to Ohio. Thats where he meets Vera, a used-up lush with a warm and inviting manner. And Jan, fresh and young and boy-crazy. They all want something from Camonille, but all he has to give is his life. BLACK WINGS HAS MY ANGEL When Ken first meets Virginia, hes fresh off a jail break and a gig on an oil rig. Shes his first woman after months on the water but how could he know shed get under his skin so quickly? That instead of ditching her hed come to need her, not only for himself but for the foolproof robbery scheme his cellmate had cooked up before he was shot to death going over the wire? Ken has a plan, and Virginia can handle a Packard like a pro--and she wants the bucks even more than he does. They stay together, they plan together, and before long theyre on the run together. But can either one of them really love the other? Or trust the other? Review "An ex-con on the run, a girl with a plan, murder, and a shattering showdown ... bleeds noir from every page."-Frank Loose "Black Wings Has My Angel is an indisputable noir classic, arguably the best of all the crime novels published by Gold Medal during its glory years... Unreservedly recommended." -Bill Pronzini, Mystery File "Its a small masterpiece, and one of the best of the Gold Medal originals, which is saying a lot." -Bill Crider from his Introduction Details ISBN1933586435 Author Elliott Chaze Pages 238 Publisher Stark House Press Language English ISBN-10 1933586435 ISBN-13 9781933586434 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2016 Publication Date 2016-04-13 Imprint Stark House Press Country of Publication United States Short Title 1 IS A LONELY NUMBER / BLACK W Illustrations Illustrations, black and white UK Release Date 2016-04-13 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97780478;

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