If You Have Tears (Lona) by Howard Browne Subject: Crime Publisher: Gryphon Publications (USA) Edition Our Price inc. p&p Status Gryphon Crime Novel #5: trade paperback, 159pp, ISBN 158250007X, 1998 UK only: £9.95 in stock

Presenting the best in classic crime writing, the Gryphon Crime Series showcases work by some of the best names in crime writing. Classic work from the great years. All books are trade paperbacks with stunning full-colour dustjackets be master artist Ron Turner. Each book also features an introduction by a new or classic crime author.

First published as Lona under the pseudonym of John Evans and out of print for over 40 years, If You Have Tears is the tragic story of Larry Sungail, a bank executive who's worked all his life to get where he is, only to lose everything when he finally gets the promotion he's always wanted ... and the secretary he's always dreamed of ... Lona.

Lona's smart, dangerous, incredibly pretty and sexy, a blonde bombshell made in Hell. She's playing her own game and it's not what you think.

Larry's downward spiral becomes a chilling "corruption of the soul", as the book deftly chronicles his descent into a Hell of his own making in the best tradition of Noir.