An Air That Kills / Do Evil in Return (Stark House Mystery Classics)
Although Millar has long been an acknowledged master of psychological suspense (she received the Edgar Award in 1956 and the Grand Masters Award of the Mystery Writers of America in 1983), many of her books have vanished from libraries. Stark House redresses this problem with the reissue of two of Millar's classics. Both originally appeared in the 1950s, and although some of the references (or lack of--the wordabortionis never used in a novel that revolves around one) seem arcane, Millar's focus on disturbing undercurrents in relationships can still send chills.An Air That Kills,published in 1957, centers on an unhappy marriage, the wife's plans for escape, and the disappearance of her lover, her husband's best friend.Do Evil in Returntraces the downward trajectory of a young woman with an unwanted pregnancy and the woman doctor she seeks out. Classic Millar.Connie FletcherCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved