A Touch of Death (Hard Case Crime (Mass Market Paperback))

SUMMARY: While searching for $120,000 in stolen money, Lee Scarborough falls in with a ruthless femme fatale whose schemes threaten to destroy his life in this long-out-of-print classic by the author of ''Dead Calm.'' Original.

when Lee Scarborough Came Upon The Brunette Sunbathing Topless In Her Back Yard, Getting Involved In A Heist Was The Last Thing On His Mind. But Somehow That S Where He Found Himself -- Sneaking Through A Stranger S House, On The Hunt For $120,000 In Embezzled Bank Funds.

it Looked Like An Easy Score. But One Thing Stood Between Him And The Money: The Beautiful And Deadly Madelon Butler.

madelon Butler [is] About The Toughest Babe You Ll Meet In Fiction. -- mystery File

first Publication In Almost 40 Years!

author S Books Have Been Made Into Numerous Films, Including dead Calm Starring Nicole Kidman, the Hot Spot Starring Jennifer Connelly And Don Johnson, And Francois Truffaut S confidentially Yours. Orson Welles Famous Unfinished Movie, the Deep, Was Also Based On A Charles Williams Novel.

raves For The Legendary Charles Williams...

first-rate. -- the New Yorker

brilliant, Breathtaking, Spectacular...charles Williams Is Just About As Good As They Come. -- Anthony Boucher, the New York Times

charles Williams Is One Of The Neglected Hardboiled Geniuses Of His Era...his Novels Were Perfect Little Gems. -- Joe R. Lansdale

no One Can Make Violence Seem More Real. -- John D. Macdonald

williams Was The Best Of All The Gold Medal Writers. -- Ed Gorman

While trying to find $120,000 in embezzled bank funds in a stranger's house, Lee Scarborough is conned into helping a dangerous beauty whose clever schemes could be the death of him. Reprint.