![]() ![]() No one knows her identity or why she appears to undertake such ghastly deeds. She dispatches them with cunningness and then she vanishes as quickly as she surfaces - out of nowhere. The story is about a woman who is obsessed with a deadly personal mission. Upon publication, the Kansas City Star said it was " a delicacy for epicures" while the Hartford Courant stated it was " the most exciting experience in crime fiction this reviewer has had in some considerable time." Cleveland's Plain Dealer called it " fresh and tremendously effective." The Baltimore Sun was even more effusive with " If it doesn't freeze your blood, then you are immune to literary chills." It was the first suspense novel that Woolrich wrote following his career as a pulp fiction author. This novel is not to be missed by crime fiction, suspense thriller and Woolrich fans. " An opus out of the ordinary, highly emotional and suspenseful, with a surprise finish that turns somersaults." - the Saturday Review of Literature ![]() " Woolrich can distill more terror, more excitement, more downright nail-biting suspense out of even the most commonplace happenings than nearly all his competitors." - Ellery Queen " The most exciting experience in crime fiction this reviewer has had in some considerable time." - the Hartford Courant ![]()
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