The Hot Spot Author:Charles Williams "When you break the law, you can forget about playing the averages because you have to win all the time." Madox wasn't all bad. He was just half-bad. But trap a man like Madox in a dead-end job in a nowhere town, mix in a femme fatale like the Harshaw woman, give him a shot at a fast $15,000 in a bank just begging to be knocked over...and his b... more »etter nature doesn't stand a chance. Merciless in its suspense, flawless in its psychology, THE HOT SPOT is a superb example of 1950s roman noir.« less