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white_hart ([personal profile] white_hart) wrote2025-02-09 07:32 pm
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[Reading] The lady in the car with glasses and a gun - Sébastien Japrisot

My mother lent me this French crime novel from 1966 (translated, obviously). I approached it with a certain amount of trepidation, but actually it had an interestingly twisty (if somewhat far-fetched) plot and a fascinating heroine, and was a compelling read which felt a bit like a cross between Mary Stewart (strange crime-related events happening to a young woman driving alone through France) and Patricia Highsmith (the more psychological thriller aspects).
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[personal profile] lnr 2025-02-10 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
I rather love the gently exciting pace of Mary Stewart, so this sounds intriguing!