Black Lizard / Vintage Crime #6 for 2021...
"The Night of the Hunter", by Davis Grubb, published in 1953.
"The Night of the Hunter", by Davis Grubb, published in 1953.
Although not officially a Black Lizard entry, this one has the spirit. Murderous ex-convict Harry Powell misrepresents himself as a prison chaplain upon his release from prison. Acting on a story told to him by his now-dead cellmate, "Reverend" Powell cons the cellmate's widow, Willa Harper, into marrying him in hopes that her children will tell him where their father hid the money from his last robbery. After killing their mother, he embarks on a hunt for the children, who have sensed his evil and are running from him. .
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