The Bride Wore Black by Cornell Woolrich

An indistinctly outlined, pearly moon seemed to drip down the sky, like a clot of incandescent tapioca thrown up against the night by a cosmic comic. “The lights of the city streaked off below him like the luminous spokes of a warped wheel. If you're looking for a short murder mystery that's a bit off the beaten path, or you just enjoy the classic noir style, I totally recommend this gem of a tale. It had me riveted from beginning to end, cheering for the killer to strike again and again (which is a new experience for me, I admit). What a complete delight this turned out to be. But it wasn't long before I warmed to it, and then I was flying through the story. This story was originally published in the 1940s, so some of the words and sentence structures felt a bit odd and awkward at first. It did take me a little bit initially to get into the writing style. It was wicked fun, and I couldn't turn the pages fast enough. Whenever she succeeds in pulling off a murder, I marvel at her style and efficiency, and look forward to more. I can't help but cheer her on and hope that she doesn't get caught. Here is this femme fatale, and she is sharp and resourceful. It was dark and atmospheric, giving off vibes of classic film noir from back in the day, reminiscent of Alfred Hitchcock. And unless the police quickly solve this case, she will continue her deadly mission. No one knows who this woman is, but she's clearly seeking vengeance for a grievance of the past.

On the surface they seem unconnected, but in each case, a mysterious woman was on the scene moments before the victim meets their untimely end. The rest is a cinch.'Ha, famous last words.Ī series of deaths have left the police stumped. Upon his death, he left a bequest of one million dollars to Columbia University, to fund a scholarship for young writers. Because he was prolific, he found it necessary to publish under multiple pseudonyms, including ' William Irish' and ' George Hopley' Woolrich lived a life as dark and emotionally tortured as any of his unfortunate characters and died, alone, in a seedy Manhattan hotel room following the amputation of a gangrenous leg. The bulk of his best-known work, however, was written in the field of crime fiction, often appearing serialized in pulp magazines or as paperback novels. The author of numerous classic novels and short stories (many of which were turned into classic films) such as Rear Window, The Bride Wore Black, The Night Has a Thousand Eyes, Waltz Into Darkness, and I Married a Dead Man, Woolrich began his career in the 1920s writing mainstream novels that won him comparisons to F. Cornell Woolrich is widely regarded as the twentieth century’s finest writer of pure suspense fiction.

The Bride Wore Black by Cornell Woolrich