Private detective Joe Quinn gambles. That's how he's lost his job, car, clothes, and girlfriend; it's why he's hitchhiking from Reno to California. At The Tower, a back-country compound housing a religious cult, Quinn gambles again, when Sister Blessing asks him to locate one Patrick O'Gorman. It proves to be no easy task: O'Gorman's dead - and, Quinn wagers, not so accidentally as everyone insists.
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I love Margaret Millar's mysteries. She was married to Ross McDonald (detective Lew Archer) and was an influence in his writing, bringing a psychological aspect that permeates her own writing. I love her use of words. Her imagery sometimes seems so lush that I reread the sentences to see how she gets away with so much of it without seeming heavy handed. If you have lived in Santa Barbara, the settings may seem familiar, although not quite so much so as her husband's work. And yes, she was excellent with the surprise endings. I, too, read the last paragraph several times to absorb it. My other favorite Millar is "A Stranger In My Grave."
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Be prepared to be fooled in an astonishing ending. I had to read the last paragraph three times. All the clues were there, but you are led down a variety of blind alleys each of which takes you farther from the eventual obvious truth. This book, based in California like Chandler, Hammett and Ross MacDonald, reminds one of what mystery writing ought to achieve and rarely does.
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Be prepared to be fooled in an astonishing ending. I had to read the last paragraph three times. All the clues were there, but you are led down a variety of blind alleys each of which takes you farther from the eventual obvious truth. This book, based in California like Chandler, Hammett and Ross MacDonald, reminds one of what mystery writing ought to achieve and rarely does.
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All night and most of the day they had been driving, through mountains, and desert, and now mountains again. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sister Blessing, Brother Tongue, Brother Crown, San Felice, Martha O'Gorman, Mother Pureza, George Haywood, Alberta Haywood, Willie King, Sister Contrition, Miss Haywood, Brother Light, Patrick O'Gorman, John Ronda, Brother Heart, Joe Quinn, Los Angeles, Brother of the Steady Heart, Earl Perkins, San Gabriel Mountains, Brother Behold the Vision, Brother Faith of Angels, Mary Alice Featherstone, Miss de Vries, Rattlesnake River New!
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All night and most of the day they had been driving, through mountains, and desert, and now mountains again. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Sister Blessing, Brother Tongue, Brother Crown, San Felice, Martha O'Gorman, Mother Pureza, George Haywood, Alberta Haywood, Willie King, Sister Contrition, Miss Haywood, Brother Light, Patrick O'Gorman, John Ronda, Brother Heart, Joe Quinn, Los Angeles, Brother of the Steady Heart, Earl Perkins, San Gabriel Mountains, Brother Behold the Vision, Brother Faith of Angels, Mary Alice Featherstone, Miss de Vries, Rattlesnake River New!
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- The invisible worm (Atlantic large print) by Margaret Millar in Front Matter
- A Stranger in My Grave by Margaret Millar in Front Matter
- Beast in View by Margaret Millar in Front Matter
- Listening Walls by Margaret Millar in Front Matter
- Theory and Practice of Classic Detective Fiction (Contributions to the Study of Popular Culture) by Jerome H. Delamater on 5 pages
- A Modern Treasury of Great Detective and Murder Mysteries by Ed Gorman in Back Matter
- Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel by Julian Symons on page 207
- Beast in View by Margaret Millar in Front Matter
- A Reading Diary: A Passionate Reader's Reflections on a Year of Books by Alberto Manguel on page 77
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