Haven't read it yet, so I don't know for sure, but the cover of Richard Wormser's Drive East on 66 sure makes it look like it would fit here.
And there are those creepy motel scenes in Touch of Evil -- are they in the Whit Masterson novel it's based on, Badge of Evil?
More recently, they don't play a prominent role in Tom Piccirilli's Coldest Mile, but motels do feature in it as profession crooks' natural habitat, and hunting ground.
Mark
> To: rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com
> From: clinton65@comcast.net
> Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:42:10 -0700
> Subject: RARA-AVIS: Re:Motel noir...
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> Thanks for the suggestions, everyone. I'd read a number of them, but have
> jotted down a few others on my Hunt list.
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> And as far as that suggested anthology goes, MOTEL NOIR, I expect an "As
> Inspired By" credit on the cover. ;-) Seriously, with all the anthos out
> there with all sorts of hooks/themes, I'm a bit surprised it hasn't been
> done before. It seems like a natural.
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> Ron C.
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