I found this to be a light little suspense novel, quite entertaining while I was reading it, but probably forgettable soon after I was done. It starts off a la Alfred Hitchcock, with two writers meeting by chance, and one – the successful, rich but blocked one – offering the other – the failed but talented one – the deal of a lifetime if he will only agree to let the successful writer publish his novel under his name. And kill the writer’s troublesome wife. He does both, and the novel takes a psychological turn as it follows the aftereffects of the crimes on both men. Curiously, it is the one who didn’t do the murder who begins to crumble, while the other enjoys a renewed career.