Nothing More Than Murder

James Meyers Thompson (Jim Thompson) was an American writer who never attained full recognition for his talent until after his death in 1977. Now, he is rightly regarded as a master of noir who turned the crime genre into literature and art. A number of Thompson’s books became popular films. Jim Thompson made his reputation writing from the bad guy’s point of view, and Nothing More than Murder, which focuses on a murderous plot by a small town theater owner, his wife and his lover, is no exception. However some if his short stories are rare detective stories, such as “The Car in the Mexican Quarter” that was originally published in Nebraska Farmer, and “Forever After” that appeared in the first issue of SHOCK magazine. Both stories are included as a Bonus in this book