description: For two years, Walter Stackhouse has been a faithful and supportive husband to his wife, Clara. But she is distant and neurotic, and Walter finds himself harboring gruesome fantasies about her demise. When Clara's dead body turns up at the bottom of a cliff in a manner uncannily resembling the recent death of a woman who was murdered by her husband, Walter finds himself under intense scrutiny. He commits several blunders that claim his career and his reputation, cost him his friends, and eventually threaten his life.
language: English
title: The Blunderer
titlecomplete: The Blunderer
characters: Lieutenant Lawrence Corby, Pete Slotnikoff, Melchior Kimmel, Jon Carr, Clara Stackhouse, Ellie Briess, Helen Kimmel, Walter Stackhouse, Betty Ireton, Bill Ireton
genres: Fiction, American, Mystery, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Female Authors, 20th Century, Crime, Suspense
ratings_count: 2867
places: New York (State), Long Island, New York
publisher: William Heinemann Ltd