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by Margaret Millar (Author) "The voice was quiet, smiling..." (more)
Key Phrases: Miss Clarvoe, Evelyn Merrick, Miss Hudson (more...)

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A psychological thriller by a mistress of suspense at the top of her form and 1956 winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award.

What starts with a crank call from an old school chum sets the lonely, aloof, financially comfortable Miss Helen Clarvoe on a path as predictable only as madness. Lured from her rooms in a second-rate residential Hollywood hotel, she finds herself stranded in the more perilous terrain of extortion, pornography, vengeance, and ultimately murder.

About the Author
Margaret Millar (1915-1994) was born in Ontario, Canada and was educated at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto, majoring in classics. In 1938 she married Kenneth Millar (who wrote under the name Ross Macdonald). She published her first novel, The Invisible Worm, in 1941 and she worked as a screenwriter for Warner Brothers. She was active in the conservation movement in California in the 1960s and was named a Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles Times in 1965, and in 1982 she became a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Carroll & Graf (December 20, 1999)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0786706678
ISBN-13: 978-0786706679
Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.4 x 0.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces

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Miss Clarvoe, Evelyn Merrick, Miss Hudson, Miss Merrick, Helen Clarvoe, Verna Clarvoe, Jack Terola, Monica Hotel, Paul Blackshear, June Sullivan, Miss Rath, Nola Rath, South Flower Street, Vine Street, Florian Vicente

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This book cites 3 books:

A Stranger in My Grave by Margaret Millar in Front Matter
How Like an Angel by Margaret Millar in Front Matter
The listening walls by Margaret Millar in Front Matter

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Bloody Murder: From the Detective Story to the Crime Novel by Julian Symons on page 207, and page 208
Death on Demand (Death on Demand Mysteries, No. 1) by Carolyn G. Hart on page 31
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Murder in Volume (Prime Crime Mysteries) by D. R. Meredith on page 192

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Haunting Read, June 22, 1999

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More than a mystery this is a gothic chiller with a modern twist. Even more than 40 years after it was written, it still holds its spell. Helen Clarvoe is being stalked by a female psycho, who might or might-not be a childhood friend. Meanwhile Evelyn Merrick (or someone who claims to be her) is closing in on Helen, a wealthy heiress absconded in a hotel in L.A.

Who's the hunter? Who's the prey?

This horrifying story will grab you and won't let go till the gory, devastating and haunting conclusion... but do not peek! The narrative will take you there.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Prepare to be dazzled, January 27, 2000

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Margaret Millar writes like an angel. I am so glad to have discovered her and that the publishing world is "rediscovering" such a great talent. Her plotting and characterizations hold their own with the well known British writers. The denouement will not shock readers in the year 2000 as it did readers in 1962. Apart from that quibble, this is a perfect novel of suspense.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Hurrah for Mrs. Millar, December 20, 2001

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Everybody knows (or I hope so) that Margaret Millar was the wife of Kenneth Millar (a.k. Ross Mc Donald). The husband is well-known, but the wife deserves reading, as evidenced by this book, one of her best. Mrs Millar, aside of incredible twist-endings, offers a deep psychological insight of amazing characters haunted by their past - a reccurent theme of her works. If you like it (how could you not?) hurry up reading such masterpieces like "How Like An Angel", "Rose's Last Summer" or "A Stranger in My Grave". Millar is one of the genre's best plotters.

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