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She was beautiful and evil - she murdered minds as well as bodies...

'A work of art - terrifyingly believable' NEW YORK TIMES

'Superb ... BEAST IN VIEW is cunningly plotted and has an ingenious final twist' MAIL ON SUNDAY

'Millar was the master of the surprise ending (exemplified in BEAST IN VIEW)' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

At thirty, Helen Clarvoe is alone: her only visitors are the staff at the hotel where she lives, and her only phone calls come from a stranger.

Until that stranger, with a quiet, compelling voice, lures the aloof and financially secure Miss Clarvoe into a world of extortion, pornography, vengeance, madness and murder.

But who is the hunter and who is the victim...?

A gothic chiller which still feels incredibly modern, BEAST IN VIEW is a true classic of the crime fiction genre.



Trade Review
A work of art - terrifyingly believable * NEW YORK TIMES *
Millar was the master of the surprise ending (exemplified in BEAST IN VIEW) * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
Superb ... BEAST IN VIEW is cunningly plotted and has an ingenious final twist * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
Deeply creepy -- Megan Abbott
A wonderfully creepy and terrifying slice of noir * CATHOLIC HERALD *
Margaret Millar is surely one of late 20th century crime writer's best writers... the prose is of superb quality... But it is the use to which Mrs Millar puts her strongly imagined words that makes this book so exceptional -- H R F Keating
She is the very top rank of crime writers -- Julian Symons
Dazzling ... In the whole of crime fiction's distinguished sisterhood there is no one quite like Margaret Millar -- Matthew Coady
Consistently entertaining... a justly celebrated classic * WATERSTONES GUIDE TO CRIME FICTION *
Steadily mounting horror! * WASHINGTON STAR *
Warrants the highest recommendation on all scores * NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE *
Millar was the master of the surprise ending (exemplified in BEAST IN VIEW) -- Christopher Fowler * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
Superb ... BEAST IN VIEW is cunningly plotted and has an ingenious final twist -- Simon Shaw * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
A wonderfully crepy and terrifying slice of noir * CATHOLIC HERALD *

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    Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
    Publication Date: 18/08/2011
    ISBN13: 9781780220222, 978-1780220222
    ISBN10: 1780220227

    Description

    Book Synopsis

    She was beautiful and evil - she murdered minds as well as bodies...

    'A work of art - terrifyingly believable' NEW YORK TIMES

    'Superb ... BEAST IN VIEW is cunningly plotted and has an ingenious final twist' MAIL ON SUNDAY

    'Millar was the master of the surprise ending (exemplified in BEAST IN VIEW)' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

    At thirty, Helen Clarvoe is alone: her only visitors are the staff at the hotel where she lives, and her only phone calls come from a stranger.

    Until that stranger, with a quiet, compelling voice, lures the aloof and financially secure Miss Clarvoe into a world of extortion, pornography, vengeance, madness and murder.

    But who is the hunter and who is the victim...?

    A gothic chiller which still feels incredibly modern, BEAST IN VIEW is a true classic of the crime fiction genre.



    Trade Review
    A work of art - terrifyingly believable * NEW YORK TIMES *
    Millar was the master of the surprise ending (exemplified in BEAST IN VIEW) * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
    Superb ... BEAST IN VIEW is cunningly plotted and has an ingenious final twist * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
    Deeply creepy -- Megan Abbott
    A wonderfully creepy and terrifying slice of noir * CATHOLIC HERALD *
    Margaret Millar is surely one of late 20th century crime writer's best writers... the prose is of superb quality... But it is the use to which Mrs Millar puts her strongly imagined words that makes this book so exceptional -- H R F Keating
    She is the very top rank of crime writers -- Julian Symons
    Dazzling ... In the whole of crime fiction's distinguished sisterhood there is no one quite like Margaret Millar -- Matthew Coady
    Consistently entertaining... a justly celebrated classic * WATERSTONES GUIDE TO CRIME FICTION *
    Steadily mounting horror! * WASHINGTON STAR *
    Warrants the highest recommendation on all scores * NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE *
    Millar was the master of the surprise ending (exemplified in BEAST IN VIEW) -- Christopher Fowler * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY *
    Superb ... BEAST IN VIEW is cunningly plotted and has an ingenious final twist -- Simon Shaw * MAIL ON SUNDAY *
    A wonderfully crepy and terrifying slice of noir * CATHOLIC HERALD *

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