The Fifth Grave is a retitling of Jonahtan Latimer's SOLOMON'S VINEYARD and may in fact be the heavily cut version, as this 1941 hardboiled noir novel was deemed too hot by censors for its then-graphic descriptions of sex. In its uncut version, it reads like a faster, nastier version of Dashiell Hammett's Red Harvest and at 124 pages, it's an impossible to put down page turner. Easily one of the best I've ever read and I give it 5 stars. I haven't read NIGHT SQUAD yet, but have loved every other David Goodis novel I've read. I'm sure it's a good read, though I can't presume to rate it; let me just say that SOLOMON'S VINEYARD alone is worth the price of admission (but only if this is the uncut version!). Note that you can get both the uncut SOLOMON'S VINEYARD and David Goodis' NIGHT SQUAD as free electronic downloads from publisher Blackmask.com's website. Unfortunately, Blackmask.com has never heard of spellcheck and does a lousy, amateur job of presenting their books, either as hardcopies or electronic downloads. But free is free! The only reason to buy this hardcopy version of the two novels is if it is the uncut version of SOLOMON'S VINEYARD and if this publisher does a better job of spellchecking. Well, that, and you prefer a hard copy...