The Cheaters / Dial "M" for Man

The Cheaters / Dial M for Man are the stories of working class guys with big dreams who make the mistake of taking a short cut to success through murder and mayhem. James M. Cain knew these guys. They re a sucker for a pretty face and a full figure. They think they know the score. And they re headed for disaster.

Orrie Hitt was born in Colchester, New York, on October 27, 1916. He married Charlotte Tucker in Port Jervis, New York, where they settled and had four children. Hitt wrote approximately 150 books over a period of about 14 years while sitting at his kitchen table surrounded by iced coffee, noisy children and Winston cigarettes. In his prime, he wrote a new novel every two weeks. Though most of his books are now categorized as sleaze novels, Orrie Hitt perfectly captured the not-so-quiet desperation of the working class in the continual search for sex, money and happiness. He died in a VA hospital in Montrose, New York, from cancer on September 7, 1975.