“Phantom Lady” is hardly a new book, having been first published in 1942. But it is one of the most highly regarded of Cornell Woolrich’s many classic noir thrillers. Woolrich almost always focuses on the creation of relentless, unforgiving tension and suspense.
Schlagwort-Archive: Michael Dirda
Rezension: John Connolly und Declan Burke: “Books to Die For”
“Books to die for. The World’s Greatest Mystery Writers on the World’s Greatest Mystery Novels“ is a quirky, fascinating collection of mystery writers’ essays on their favorite mystery novels.
Rezension: Guy Endore: “The Werewolf of Paris”
First published in 1933 and out of print for the past 40 years (except for a handsome limited edition from Centipede Press), Guy Endore’s “The Werewolf of Paris” may finally be coming into its own.
Artikel: Ray Bradbury dies: Appreciation for an author who will “live forever”
Drawing on his mysterious powers, Mr. Electro suddenly anointed Bradbury with his magic sword and dramatically intoned: “Live Forever.”
Rezension: Paul Cain: “The Complete Slayers”
The Black Mask School. The tough-guy writers of the ’30s. The boys in the backroom. The masters of noir. All those phrases have been used to describe the pioneers of hard-boiled, American crime fiction.
Rezension: P.D. James: »Death comes to Pemberley«
In its stately yet witty pages, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzwilliam Darcy find themselves caught up in a murder case, one complicated by romance, a family curse, ghostly apparitions, dark doings and the reappearance of their old nemesis, Mr. Wickham.