The Night of the Hunter

'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily TelegraphTwo young children hold the key to a secret stash of money - and a relentless psychopath is on their trail... Harry 'Preacher' Powell, his fingers tattooed with LOVE and HATE, is out of prison and doing the Devil's work. He knows his ex-cellmate hid $10,000 somewhere. He knows how to charm his way into unsuspecting lives. And he knows where the man's family lives. As he hunts them down, a terrifying game of cat and mouse begins. One of the great chase novels, The Night of the Hunter is a savage tale of innocence and evil in the Depression-era South.

''The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect'' Daily Telegraph

Two young children hold the key to a secret stash of money - and a relentless psychopath is on their trail...

Harry ''Preacher'' Powell, his fingers tattooed with LOVE and HATE, is out of prison and doing the Devil''s work. He knows his ex-cellmate hid $10,000 somewhere. He knows how to charm his way into unsuspecting lives. And he knows where the man''s family lives. As he hunts them down, a terrifying game of cat and mouse begins. One of the great chase novels, The Night of the Hunter is a savage tale of innocence and evil in the Depression-era South.

• | Author: Davis Grubb
• | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
• | Publication Date: Jul 13, 2023
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780241640425
• | ISBN-10: 0241640423