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Margaret 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, who is better known by his nom de plume of Ross Macdonald. Her 1956 novel Beast in View won the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel. In 1965 Millar was the recipient of the Los Angeles Times 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.Stunningly original
Val McDermid
In the whole of crime fiction's distinguished sisterhood, there is no one quite like Margaret Millar
Guardian
One of the most original and vital voices in all of American crime fiction
Laura Lippman, author of 'Sunburn'
Marvellous... One of the best novels of psychological suspense I've read
Martin Edwards, author of Gallows Court
A torrid tale of sex and race... Millar continually blindsides the reader and the reveal on the last page is magnificent. Twenty-five years after her death Millar deserves to be much better known
The Times
Millar racks up the tension...The revelations are as powerful as a sock on the jaw
Daily Mail
Stands out as one of the best crime novels I've read and reviewed so far this year for its intricate, wonderfully disguised plot... Packed full of surprises, down to the very last stunning line
Thriller Books Journal
A pacy, gripping read with some vividly drawn characters and a twisty plot
ON Magazine
Feminist noir... hypnotic and elegant, a wonderful rediscovery which should have you racing to investigate her other books
Crime Time
Fascinating... many twists and turns... Margaret Millar writes exceptionally well and reading her is a delight. Excellent stuff.
Shiny New Books
An original master of the art which Gillian Flynn (amongst others) rebooted so beautifully... Hugely addictive
Liz Loves Books (blog)
Praise for Vanish in an Instant
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Clever plot, sad characters and a powerful atmosphere
The Times
A brilliant psychodrama that has a triple-whammy ending... exhilarating
Evening Standard
Crime writing of a rare order
- Barry Forshaw, Guardian
It doesn't get more noir than this
Daily Mail
Revived American classic from 1952 conjures up images from Edward Hopper paintings with characters that keep secrets from each other... The terse prose pushes the story along to a shock reveal
Sunday Times Crime Club
No woman in twentieth-century American mystery writing is more important than Margaret Millar
Dorothy B Hughes, author of 'In a Lonely Place'
Mrs Millar doesn't attract fans, she creates addicts
- Dilys Winn,
Very original
Agatha Christie
She has few peers, and no superior in the art of bamboozlement
Julian Symons, author of 'The Colour of Murder'
Millar was the master of the surprise ending
Independent on Sunday
A superbly plotted tale of murder and deception
Raven Crime Reads (blog)
She was a master of character, a genius of plot twists, and a superb stylist
LA Review of Books