A review by han_cat
Plain Murder by C.S. Forester

4.0

I really don't know any other 30s writer who wrote dark psychological thrillers. This is a cold cold book, deliberately so. You are not supposed to like any of the characters yet feel conflicted about the badness of it all.E.g. surely you should like the housewife and want to protect her? Its just not that simple in CS Forester world.

I love his crime books, they have so much doubt about right & wrong in them. They are sinister and unflinching, daring in imagination and well executed.