My Black Lizard Books Part Two
Discover classic noir and pulp fiction in My Black Lizard Books Part Two, featuring Jim Thompson's The Golden Gizmo, Mildred Pierce, and The Laughing Policeman. Explore curated crime thrillers and hardboiled gems on black books and lizard tags.
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The Golden Gizmo
by Jim Thompson
Toddy Kent would be another footsore gold buyer hustling brooches from Los Angeles housewives if he hadn't been born with a 'gizmo', the sixth sense that guides him to where the easy money is. Now Toddy's gizmo has steered him to a seemingly unlimited source of pure, unadulterated illicit gold. The only problem is that his 'gizmo' has a tendency to desert him when he needs it most. An no sooner has he acquired the first sample, than Toddy's wife is dead and he himself is being stalked by a sinister man with no chin.
