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Charles Williams (1909-1975) was an American writer of hardboiled crime fiction. He is regarded by critics as one of the finest suspense novelists of the 1950s and 1960s. Is 1951 debut, the pulp paperback novel Hill Girl, sold over a million copies. A dozen of his books have been adapted for the screen. Illiams was born in the central Texas town of San Angelo.

Charles Williams (1909-1975) was an American writer of hardboiled crime fiction. Williams spent the rest of his professional career as a writer. Williams was born in the central Texas town of San Angelo. He is regarded by critics as one of the finest suspense novelists of the 1950s and 1960s. His 1951 debut, the pulp paperback novel Hill Girl, sold over a million copies.

The Hot Spot, also known as Hell Hath No Fury, is just one of the great novels written by Charles Williams, a master of crime and noir fiction With a brilliant and insightful introduction by Bill Pronzini, this marks the first-ever United States hardcover edition of this classic he Hot Spot was memorably filmed in the 1990s by Dennis Hopper.

Tastefully designed he book is quarterbound in Japanese cloth Over 6 × 9 inches, three-piece Japanese cloth construction, ribbon marker, patterned endsheets and a beautiful design.

Edition Details

• Limited to 200 copies, each signed by Bill Pronzini and Joe Servello.
• Introduction by Bill Pronzini.
• The original paperback cover art, reprinted in full color.
• New artwork from Joe Servello.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.

External Links

• The Hot Spot. Centipede Press page for The Hot Spot
• Charles Williams (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for Charles Williams