Nothing More Than Murder

Nothing More Than Murder

Author	Jim Thompson
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Crime novel
Publisher	Black Lizard
Publication date	1949
Media type	Print

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.

References

The Works of Jim Thompson

Novels	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 (1958) 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)

Films	The Killing (1956) Paths of Glory (1957) The Getaway (1972) The Killer Inside Me (1976) Série noire (1979) Coup de Torchon (1981) After Dark, My Sweet (1990) The Kill-Off (1990) The Grifters (1990) The Getaway (1994) Hit Me (1996) This World, Then the Fireworks (1997) The Killer Inside Me (2010)