{"product_id":"a-stranger-in-my-grave-isbn-9781681990385","title":"A Stranger in My Grave","description":"\u003cb\u003eYoung housewife Daisy Harker’s world is upended when a blank spot in her memory and a reoccurring nightmare link her to an unsolved murder and a decades-old conspiracy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJim and Daisy Harker are a young, well-to-do couple in San Felice, California, and though childless they maintain the sort of domestic happiness that others can only aspire to. But a darkness exists at the outer edges of Daisy’s mind and she has no idea why it’s there. In a series of reoccurring nightmares she wanders a cemetery, eventually finding her own gravestone. According to the dream, December 2nd, 1955 is the day she died.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStreet smart but honorable, Stevens Pinata is a man with his own mysteries. An orphan left on a church doorstep as a child, he isn’t even certain of his ethnicity, let alone his goals in life. As a private investigator he works with bail bonds and quick shakedowns. But when a pretty young woman like Daisy Harker comes into his office with a crazy request to “find her lost day” he is intrigued. He is too decent to take advantage of a crazy woman, but Mr. Harker is a wealthy man and who is Pinata to turn down money?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat unfolds is a masterpiece of suspense and one of the books that forever changed the domestic thriller. Millar’s razor sharp prose cuts a masterful plot and slashes at the racism, sexism, and entitlement endemic to an era otherwise celebrated for its prosperity.\u003cb\u003ePRAISE FOR MARGARET MILLAR\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMystery Writers of America Grand Master\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Edgar Award for Best Novel\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Woman of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“One of the most original and vital voices in all of American crime fiction.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Laura Lippman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“I long ago changed my writing name to Ross Macdonald for obvious reasons.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kenneth Millar (Ross Macdonald), in a letter to the \u003ci\u003eToronto Saturday Night\u003c\/i\u003e newspaper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Very Original.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Agatha Christie\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Stunningly original.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Val McDermid\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Millar's mysteries are filled with clever twists, yet what makes them special is her surgical approach to her characters' inner lives. She's got an eagle eye for the juicy stuff lots of mystery writers still ignore—questions of class, status, sexual desire and the difficult position of women. This last was something she knew about firsthand. Millar's work was long overshadowed by that of her husband, detective novelist Ross Macdonald. In fact, her best novels — like 1955's \u003ci\u003eBeast in View\u003c\/i\u003e — have a ferocious edge that make him look rather tame.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—John Powers, NPR's Fresh Air\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"One of the greatest this country has ever produced.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—The Globe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A writer whose own work is every bit as psychologically bruising and critically acclaimed as that of her husband [Ross Macdonald], if not as well known. But [Syndicate Books] hopes to rectify that with \u003ci\u003eCollected Millar\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Kevin Burton Smith, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMystery Scene Magazine\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Razor-sharp.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—The Seattle Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“She has few peers, and no superior in the art of bamboozlement.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eJulian Symons\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Written with such complete realization of every character that the most bitter antagonist of mystery fiction may be forced to acknowledge it as a work of art.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eAnthony Boucher reviewing \u003ci\u003eBeast in View\u003c\/i\u003e for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Margaret Millar can build up the sensation of fear so strongly that at the end it literally hits you like a battering ram.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eBBC\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Wonderfully ingenious.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Brilliantly superlative… One of the most impressive additions to mystery literature—and the word “literature” is used in its fullest sense.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In the whole of crime fiction’s distinguished sisterhood, there is no one quite like Margaret Millar.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A superb writer.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eH.R.F. Keating\u003c\/b\u003e   \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“She writes minor classics.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eWashington Post   \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Mrs. Millar doesn't attract fans she creates addicts.” \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003eDilys Winn, namesake of the Dilys Award\u003c\/b\u003eMargaret Millar (1915-1994) was the author of 27 books and a masterful pioneer of psychological mysteries and thrillers. Born in Kitchener, Ontario, she spent most of her life in Santa Barbara, California, with her husband Ken Millar, better known under the \u003ci\u003enom de plume\u003c\/i\u003e of Ross MacDonald. Her 1956 novel \u003ci\u003eBeast in View\u003c\/i\u003e won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. In 1965 Millar was the recipient of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Woman of the Year Award and in 1983 the Mystery Writers of America awarded her the Grand Master Award for Lifetime Achievement. Millar’s cutting wit and superb plotting have left her an enduring legacy as one of the most important crime writers of both her own and subsequent generations.","brand":"Soho Syndicate","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303054037221,"sku":"NP9781681990385","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781681990385.jpg?v=1767720822","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/a-stranger-in-my-grave-isbn-9781681990385","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}