Woolrich, Cornell

Rendezvous in Black

Modern Library:
New York: 2004
Trade paperback, New,
211 pp
Cover artwork by: Patti Ratchford

On a mild midwestern night in the early 1940s, Johnny Marr leans against a drugstore wall. He's waiting for Dorothy, his fiancee, and tonight is the last night they'll be meeting here, for it's May 31st, and June 1st marks their wedding day. But she's late, and Johnny soon learns of a horrible accident - an accident involving a group of drunken men, a low-flying charter plane, and an empty liquor bottle. In one short moment Johnny loses all that matters to him and his life is shattered. He vows to take from these men exactly what they took from him. Every year on May 31st Johnny exacts his revenge and wives, lovers and daughters are no longer safe.   #42522