Your Monday Moment of Noir

"I felt calm as I followed the hedgerow back to the river. My crepe-soled shoes left no mark on the frozen ground. There was no way they could trace me; nobody was even aware that I knew her. She made number ten. I searched myself for elation and found none. It was like reaching into a cookie jar and finding nothing. I was empty."

The Prettiest Girl I Ever Killed
by Charles Runyon
(Gold Medal, 1965)

Now available, along with Dan J. Marlowe's The Vengeance Man and Fletcher Flora's Park Avenue Tramp in Stark House's cool new collection, A Trio of Gold Medals. Secret Dead Blog highly recommends.