An unfaithful husband finds much more than he bargained for when he tangles with a prowler.
What makes a stalker? And what happens when a perfectly respectable man becomes obsessed with the girl across the street? A noir crime story, orginally published in the April 1956 issue of MANHUNT magazine, as only Gil Brewer could tell it!
Harvey Caldwell's wife, Millie, is constantly nagging him to make more money. She never dreamedl his new career choice would be bank robber!
Caffery was tired. He was beat. There were a lot of ragged years strung out behind him, and they all amounted to nothing. There was only the one way left to make it, and he was worn out trying. It was a rough program; a caper that had frayed the last of his nerves, ruined what was left of his digestion, weakened his heart, and helped bring back the old migraine of his youthful mob days until sometimes he thought he would flip his curly auburn-wigged lid.<P>
Only eight hundred thousand dollars was worth any kind of trouble. That, my friend, was a lot of moo. It was a lettuce patch worth fighting for.
Danny's older brother, Tad, had a knack for showing up at just the right moment to stop him from doing things that would get him in trouble with the law. But with Tad in prison and a beautiful dame whispering criminal thoughts in his ear, Danny is sorely tempted to pull the robbery job of his life…