A hell of a woman - jim thompson

Frank Dolly Dillon has a job he hates, working sales and collections for Pay-E-Zee Stores, a wife named Joyce he cant stand, and an account balance that barely allows him to pay the bills each month.

Working door-to-door one day, trying to eke money out of folk with even less of it than he has, Dolly crosses paths with a beautiful young woman named Mona Farrell.

Monas being forced by her aunt to do things she doesnt like, with men she doesnt know -- she wants out, any way she can get it.

And to a man who wants nothing of what he has, Mona sure looks like something he actually does.

Soon Dolly and Mona find themselves involved in a scheme of robbery, murder and mayhem that makes Dollys blood run cold.

As Dollys plans begin to unravel, his mind soon follows.

In A Hell of a Woman , Jim Thompson offers another arresting portrait of a deviant mind, in an ambitious crime novel that ranks among his best work.