The Night of the Hunter by Davis Grubb (1953)
Requirements: MOBI / ePUB reader, 487 / 394 kb
Overview: Editied to fix OCR errors and converted to ebook from an Internet Archive PDF scan.
Inspired by serial killer Harry Powers, "The Bluebeard of Quiet Dell," who was hung in 1932 for his murders of two widows and three children. This best-selling novel, first published in 1953 to wide acclaim by author Grubb, (who like Powers lived in Clarksburg, West Virginia), served as the basis for Charles Laughton’s film noir classic . Renamed "Harry Powell," the lead character in this book, with LOVE and HATE tattooed on his fingers, is remembered as one of the creepiest men in book and cinema history.
Genre: Fiction / Suspense / Thrillers
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Edit: (29 Sep 2014) to supply new download links with 2 missing pages (180, 181 from original hard copy) inserted.
