Authors > Cornell Woolrich

Black Alibi

It begins as a publicity stunt: a singer parading a jaguar on a leash. But then the killer cat escapes into the heart of a South American city and soon a woman is found torn to death. As the police search for the jaguar, one man looks deeper--for a creature more terrible than any jungle beast . . .

Genre: Noir Fiction

Black Angel

In this classic crime novel, a panic-stricken young wife races against time to prove that her convicted husband did not murder his mistress. Writing in first person from the wife s viewpoint, Woolrich evokes her love and anguish and, finally, desperation as she becomes an avenging angel in her attempt to rescue her husband from execution.

Genre: Noir Fiction