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After years at sea, Swede Nelson just wanted to find a nice girl and settle down. What he found was Corliss Mason: sensual, irresistible—and deadly. Soon Swede’s helping Corliss cover up a killing, but how long can they get away with murder? And why can’t he shake the terrible suspicion that he’s being set up?

• Day Keene’s greatest novel, published for the first time in 37 years
• Author also wrote for radio, television, and the movies
• This Week on HOME IS THE SAILOR: "Recall[s] the seedy, doomed spirits of the best of Jim Thopmson and James M. Cain."
• Ed Gorman on HOME IS THE SAILOR: "A blast to read...a page turner of the highest order."

"HOME IS THE SAILOR is fast and furiously paced, as savagely elemental as early Spillane. Strong meat for the hardboiled palate."

— Bill Pronzini, author of BLUE LONESOME

"Vivid characters and an emotionally involving plot...the many unexpected story twists add ingenuity."

— Guide to Classic Mystery and Detection

"One of the first, best, and most prolific writers to make the transition from the pulps to…paperback originals."

— William DeAndrea, ENCYCLOPEDIA MYSTERIOSA

"A mean, true feel for fallen men and women...compelling."

— Ed Gorman, author of EVERYBODY’S SOMEBODY’S FOOL