Enter Without Desire

“Enter Without Desire” by Ed Lacy is a masterful noir novel of the early 1960s. The story unfolds step by step filled with unlikely coincidences and the strange thoughts of the narrator—an amateur murderer. The protagonist finds himself waiting in the backyard gun in hand safety off. The plan is simple: wait until the target is close, shoot him in the heart, then run, run, and keep running. But as the body count rises, he grapples with guilt and seeks solace in the arms of his lover.