"Woolrich devised and used instruments of psychological torture-his stories."-TIME
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Nov 27, 2011
Dan
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Alberta Murray is convinced her husband is having an affair. Imagine her shock when her husband is arrested for his mistress's murder! Alberta happened upon the crime scene before the police and the only clue is a matchbook with the letter M embossed on the cover. She pilfers the victim's address book and starts going down the M's one by one. Can she find the killer before her husband is executed?
My problems with this book started with the premise. If a woman found out her husba More...
My problems with this book started with the premise. If a woman found out her husba More...
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Jun 07, 2009
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Sep 19, 2009
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Feb 05, 2011
King Dinösaur
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For some reason, Woolrich seems to get passed by a lot in the discussion of noir/crime novels - overshadowed by Hammett and Chandler, which is unfair by any stretch of the imagination. His books are generally darker and more downbeat, maybe that's why. But isn't that what noir was all about?
My favorite Woolrich novel remains "Night Has a Thousand Eyes", but this one was really good. Gripping, with good characterization and several unexpected twists, including the dramatic More...
My favorite Woolrich novel remains "Night Has a Thousand Eyes", but this one was really good. Gripping, with good characterization and several unexpected twists, including the dramatic More...
Apr 16, 2010
Stas
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The narrator was getting on my nerves. Perhaps, it is a measure of some slight progress I have been making lately, however haltingly, in breaking out of the obsessional cocoon of my own making, in which I have been sleeping, like a waking dead, lately, finding kinship and consonance with/in these books.
It was too easy to guess who the killer is going to turn out to be. So, I made sure, by skipping to the very end. I will still try another Woolrich, but so far - too melodramatic.
It was too easy to guess who the killer is going to turn out to be. So, I made sure, by skipping to the very end. I will still try another Woolrich, but so far - too melodramatic.
Dec 23, 2011
Tim
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I felt like this was a fairly weak effort from Woolrich. I've taken to giving him a pass on the absurdity of his plots. This one is more than a tad difficult simply from the motivation of the protagonist. Keeping in mind that this was the early 40s, I'm still not sure I buy it.
Again we have heavy coincidence and far-fetched plotting, a Woolrich hallmark. And again the episodic chapter nature of the writing. Generally that is more than made up for in the actual writing and the pa More...
Again we have heavy coincidence and far-fetched plotting, a Woolrich hallmark. And again the episodic chapter nature of the writing. Generally that is more than made up for in the actual writing and the pa More...
May 10, 2010
Emily
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An unbelievable plot is okay in a good mystery. However, an unbelievable plot paired with a completely unbelievable main character is unforgivable.
Jan 29, 2012
Roberta
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Viso d'angelo
E' così che Kirk apostrofa amorevolmente la mogliettina Alberta nell'intimità, viso d'angelo. Quando Kirk viene ingiustamente accusato dell'omicidio della sua amante, Mia, Alberta gli perdona anche il tradimento e fa di tutto per scoprire il vero assassino.
Incurante degli ambienti in cui deve intrufolarsi e dei compromessi a cui deve scendere, Alberta segue una lista di quattro nomi, quattro uomini candidati al ruolo di assassino.
Bellissimo noir d'epoca, An More...
E' così che Kirk apostrofa amorevolmente la mogliettina Alberta nell'intimità, viso d'angelo. Quando Kirk viene ingiustamente accusato dell'omicidio della sua amante, Mia, Alberta gli perdona anche il tradimento e fa di tutto per scoprire il vero assassino.
Incurante degli ambienti in cui deve intrufolarsi e dei compromessi a cui deve scendere, Alberta segue una lista di quattro nomi, quattro uomini candidati al ruolo di assassino.
Bellissimo noir d'epoca, An More...
May 07, 2008
Andy
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Another Cornell Woolrich novel where a woman has to clear her husband from a crime he didn't commit. Sound familiar? It should. "Phantom Lady" was the same book. But it's okay, it's well written and a swell time waster. Just don't expect anything different from Woolrich here.
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