The noir classic by the author whom Joe R. Lansdale calls "the king of plot and pace." With a new introduction by Bill Crider, author of the Sheriff Dan Rhodes series. Ex-cop Mitch Walker is on the run after being wrongfully accused of murder. So Walker hops a train and ends up in a small town in Kansas, where he signs up to work at a huge farm owned by Barton M. Cassel, the big man in the county. The farm looks like a good place to hide out from Fred Palmer, his pursuer and former partner, and the local cops, but Walker soon finds himself caught between the jealous battle of his new employer, and Cassel's beautiful wife, Eve. And one way or the other, nobody leaves the farm... Praise for A Night for Screaming: "The damned thing is almost on fire, it reads so fast." Ed Gorman “I bought the book, went home, and read it in one sitting because, what else could I do? That's the kind of book it is” Bill Crider "A Night for Screaming...ranks high among Whittington's finest work." Bill Pronzini