Mari B. (Wordnerd) reviewed A Swell-Looking Babe (Vintage Crime/Black Lizard) on + 19 more book reviews
The Manton looks like a respectable hotel. Dusty Rhodes looks like a selfless young man working as a bellhop. And the woman in 1004 looks like an angel. But sometimes looks can kill, as Jim Thompson demonstrates in this vision of the crime novel as gothic.
