Deadline at Dawn

In this thrilling mystery from "the Hitchcock of the written word," two lovers rush to solve a murder before the end of a New York night (Believer)

When Quinn first meets Bricky, she's working as a partner-for-hire at a dancehall and he's struggling to shake the anxiety of his guilty conscience. Earlier that day, the young man took advantage of a found key and used it to rob a stranger's home. Now, with the purloined money in his pocket, Quinn is unable to escape the memory of his wrongdoing...