[This book offers] sensible, good-humored, and practical advice from a distinguished mystery writer. Much of what [Highsmith] says about novels can be applied to short stories. --Damon Knight [Highsmith] is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre than are Dostoevsky, Faulkner, and Camus. --Joan Smith, The Los Angeles Times For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith. --Time [This book offers] sensible, good-humored, and practical advice from a distinguished mystery writer. Much of what [Highsmith] says about novels can be applied to short stories. Damon Knight [Highsmith] is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre than are Dostoevsky, Faulkner, and Camus. Joan Smith, The Los Angeles Times For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith. Time [This book offers] sensible, good-humored, and practical advice from a distinguished mystery writer. Much of what [Highsmith] says about novels can be applied to short stories. Damon Knight [Highsmith] is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre than are Dostoevsky, Faulkner, and Camus. Joan Smith, The Los Angeles Times For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith. Time [This book offers] sensible, good-humored, and practical advice from a distinguished mystery writer. Much of what [Highsmith] says about novels can be applied to short stories. --Damon Knight [Highsmith] is no more a practitioner of the murder mystery genre than are Dostoevsky, Faulkner, and Camus. --Joan Smith, The Los Angeles Times For eliciting the menace that lurks in familiar surroundings, there's no one like Patricia Highsmith. -- Time