“The book is a succession of solid and quite legitimate surprises, the suspense is admirably sustained, the detail is thorough and convincing, and the writing is considerably above the level usually associated with fictional crime and passion. “A remarkably constructed story depicting an inconceivably vicious character in episodes of chilling horror.” Levin combines great talent for pure novel writing-full bodied characterization, subtle psychological exploration, vivid evocation of locale-with strict technical whodunit tricks as dazzling as anything ever brought off by Carr, Rawson, Queen or Christie.” “Here is not merely an extraordinary first but an extraordinary suspense novel by the highest professional standards and you have an evening of incomparable excitement ahead of you.
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