A review by sumsayyah
Beast In View by Margaret Millar

2.5

An odd and rather grimy-feeling mystery with a psychological twist that is easy to guess at the beginning and makes the already stunted ending all the more anticlimactic. The central mystery is interesting enough, but the writing and story is definitely a product of its time and hard to engage with in the 21st century (the niche references to 1950s NY, homophobia, weird unexplained inferences on dysfunctional WASP family dynamics). If you find the the early/mid-20th century mystery a fun genre to read (which I often do), it could make the cut for plane rides and vacation days (but not much else).