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I have promised that I won't give spoilers in my reviews. That makes writing one for this title more challenging than I'd like. The novel is broken into 5 parts and is mostly told in the first person by different narrators. Caspary manages to alter her writing style just enough so that in addition to the story these narrators have to tell, we also are treated to some very good caricature if not actual characterization.
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Laura Hunt was shot as she opened her apartment door in New York City, and detective Mark McPherson was sent to investigate. Laura was a beautiful, independent woman who fascinated the people who loved her. Using multiple narrators, author Vera Caspary gives us psychological profiles of the main characters and their relationships. This excellent crime story is a classic with interesting characters and a twist in the middle of the book.
A beautiful woman is shot at the door of an apartment one night in New York, and the detective on the case is soon more fascinated by the victim than the killer.
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