South of Heaven - Jim Thompson
Category: Crime
Tags: Crime, Mystery
Orphaned by a tragic accident at sixteen, Tommy Burwells been scraping out a meager existence working dead-end jobs for years. When he and fellow nomad Four Trey Whitey get jobs working with dynamite, making way for a new pipeline across the deserted plains of Far West Texas, disaster ensues. In a matter of days, Tommy is brutally beaten and witness to an act of cold-blooded murder the law cant be bothered to investigate., When Carol, a knockout beauty, shows up looking to follow the caravan of workers, Tommy falls for her almost immediately. There arent any jobs for women on the pipeline, but Carol knows a few things she could do for the workers to keep afloatan arrangement that Tommy cant bear for long. As Tommys about to find out, when youre South of Heaven, youre far from graceand sometimes the only way out is down.
