Jonathan Latimer

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Jonathan Latimer


Born
in Chicago, Illinois, The United States
October 23, 1906

Died
June 23, 1983

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Jonathan Latimer was born in Chicago on 23rd October 1906. His main series character was the private investigator Bill Crane. An important character in the development of the hard boiled genre. A notable title is Solomon's Vineyard, the controversy over the content saw the US publication delayed by nine years. The author later concentrated on screen plays and also worked for five years on the Perry Mason television series. ...more

Average rating: 3.77 · 1,063 ratings · 214 reviews · 54 distinct worksSimilar authors
Solomon's Vineyard

3.85 avg rating — 392 ratings — published 1941 — 22 editions
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Lady in the Morgue (Bill Cr...

3.85 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1936 — 37 editions
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Headed for a Hearse (Bill C...

3.68 avg rating — 132 ratings — published 1935 — 36 editions
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Murder in the Madhouse (Bil...

3.78 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1935 — 27 editions
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The Dead Don't Care (Bill C...

3.66 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1938 — 24 editions
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The Search for My Great-Unc...

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Red Gardenias (Bill Crane, #5)

3.76 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1939 — 15 editions
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Sinners and Shrouds

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Black Is the Fashion for Dying

3.18 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1959 — 14 editions
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The Fifth Grave

4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1941 — 12 editions
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“I like big men,” she said.
Her voice was raspy, like she had a cold. She came up to me and grabbed my arm. Her fingers hurt the muscles. I could smell her perfume. She came close to me. I thought I knew what she wanted. I tried to kiss her. She jerked away.
“No.”
“I’m sorry.”
She slapped me. She was strong, my cheek stung. She moved in, swinging both arms. Now she had her fists closed. She hit my arms and my chest. I tried to hold her.
“Hit me!” she said.
It was goddam queer. I held her arms, but she got loose.
She struck my chest.
She said: “Hit me.”
I hit her easy on the ribs.
“That’s right! That’s right!” She hit me a couple of hard blows. Her eyes were wild. She hit me a hard punch on the neck. I hit her in the belly. I heard the breath go out: ouf! It didn’t stop her. She kept coming in, punching hard.
I gave her one over the kidneys. She grunted and clinched with me. She bit my arm until the blood came. I slapped her. She put her knee in my groin. It hurt. I lost my balance, grabbed for her, and we both went down. We rolled around on the dirty floor of the shack, both panting. She was hard to hold, and every time she got loose she’d hit or kick or bite me. I got over her, holding her down on the floor. She looked beautiful and wild. She bit my arm again and I slugged her in the ribs. She moaned, and then struggled free. My hand caught in the scarlet shirt. The silk tore to her navel.
“Yes,” she said.
I got the idea. I ripped the shirt off her, she fighting all the time and liking it. I ripped at her clothes, not caring how much I hurt her. She squirmed on the dirty floor, panting. There was blood on her mouth. I don’t know if it was mine or hers. It tasted sweet. Suddenly she stopped moving.
“Now,” she said. “Now, goddam you. Now!”
Later we lay on the floor.
“I don’t understand you,” I said.
“It’s fun, isn’t it?”
“Yes.”
“Then what do you care?”
Jonathan Latimer, Solomon's Vineyard

“From the way her buttocks looked under the black silk dress, I knew she'd be good in bed. The silk was tight and under it the muscles worked slow and easy. I saw weight there, and control, and, brother, those are things I like in a woman.”
Jonathan Latimer, Solomon's Vineyard

“Listen Charles, if blondes were poison, I'd have died thirty years ago.”
Jonathan Latimer, Solomon's Vineyard

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