Nothing More Than Murder

Nothing More Than Murder is a 1949 crime novel by Jim Thompson. It focuses on a murderous plot by small town theater owner Joe Wilmot, his wife and his lover. Wilmot's scheme unravels slowly amid his foibles and travails as an independent businessman. A great deal of information and jargon about movie theater operation of the day is woven into the plot.

The Works of Jim Thompson

Now and on Earth (1942) • Heed the Thunder (aka Sins of the Fathers) (1946) • Nothing More Than Murder (1949) • The Killer Inside Me (1952) • Cropper's Cabin (1952) • Recoil (1953) • The Alcoholics (1953) • Savage Night (1953) • Bad Boy (1953) • The Criminal (1953) • The Golden Gizmo (1954) • Roughneck (1954) • A Swell-Looking Babe (1954) • A Hell of a Woman (1954) • The Nothing Man (1954) • After Dark, My Sweet (1955) • The Kill-Off (1957) • Wild Town (1957) • The Getaway (1959) • The Transgressors (1961) • The Grifters (1963) • Pop. 1280 (1964) • Texas By the Tail (1965) • South of Heaven (1967) • Child of Rage (1972) • King Blood (1973) • Fireworks: The Lost Writings of Jim Thompson (1988) • The Rip-Off (1989)