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The Blunderer

By: Patricia Highsmith
Narrated by: Robert Fass
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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.

The Blunderer examines the dark obsessions that lie beneath the surface of seemingly ordinary people. With unerring psychological insight, Patricia Highsmith portrays characters who cross the precarious line separating fantasy from reality.

©2015 Patricia Highsmith (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense
Engaging Suspense • Psychological Thriller • Excellent Performance • Detailed Descriptions • Entertaining Mystery
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This author never disappoints! I listened to audio version. Great story. Well paced. Ready for another one by Patricia Highsmith in my audio library.

Another great one!

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This narrator seemed to drone. I finally gave up. Zzzzzzzzzz. The storyline was potentially interesting. The narration was not.

Remiscent of Alfred Hitchcock's tales

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Damn, but the woman could write. A quintessential psychological thriller by a master-craftswoman. Dark!

Crime...? No crime...? And Punishment

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Another entertaining listen, full of suspense and mystery. Why commit murder when there are other ways for a man to escape a woman’s badgering behaviour. Everything is unnecessary but murder takes place all the same.

Enjoyable listening experience

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A suburban version of Kafka’s TRIAL with a touch of Highsmith’s own STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. Grim & brilliant.

Dark, darker, darkest

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I liked the book did not like the narrator the different voices were not convincing to me at all.

The Killers

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Even though set in the 1950’s, it still feels like present day - minus cellphones and such technology. Very well written save for the ending which seemed all crammed into a single page.

Timeless

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Walter, a man fed up with his contemptuous but needy wife, decides to kill her, but is thwarted when he can’t find her. She ends up dead anyway, and Walter does a masterful job of casting suspicion on himself. Hounded by two adversaries and his own demons his life spirals out of control. Overall a good listen, although there were bits that went on a bit too long and grated.

Clever but a bit overwrought.

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engaging story from a great writer - narrator did an outstanding job - words words words words words

great story and narration

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I found this book quite interesting. I enjoy the narrator. It is old-fashioned because of the time it was written.
I think it’s worth the listen.

I enjoyed this book

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