The Accomplice, a noir tale found by Strand editor Andrew Gulli, considers the temptation of a grocery clerk

A previously unknown story by John D MacDonald, author of The Executioners, the novel twice filmed as Cape Fear, is published for the first time on Tuesday in the Strand Magazine.

The Accomplice is the hard-boiled story of Joey, a young grocery store worker who attracts the attentions of Belle, the much younger wife of the store owner.