She Who Was No More: 3 (Pushkin Vertigo)

Every Saturday evening travelling salesman Ferdinand Ravinel returns to his wife Mireille who waits patiently for him at home. But Ferdinand has another lover Lucienne an ambitious doctor and together the adulterers have devised a murderous plan.Drugging Mireille the pair drown her in a bathtub but in the morning before the accidental death can be discovered the corpse is gone-so begins the unraveling of Ferdinands plot and his sanity... This classic of French noir fiction was adapted for the screen by Henri-Georges Clouzot as Les Diaboliques (The Devils) starring Simone Signoret and Véra Clouzot the film which in turn inspired Alfred Hitchcocks Psycho. A second movie version Diabolique followed in 1996 starring Sharon Stone. Review [A] taut and ingenious thriller Crime Time Gallic noir at its most psychologically acute Crime Scene A supreme example of polished crime plotting -- Barry Forshaw FT A dark and mind-bending novella... an absolute gem of a book Bookbag One gigantic nerve-stretching twist saved right for the final page. This is an absolute psychological classic for those readers who seek more depth to their crime fiction. Crime Review About the Author Boileau-Narcejac is the nom-de-plume of Pierre Boileau (1906-89) and Thomas Narcejac (1908-98) one of Frances most successful writing duos. Boileau and Narcejac both individually received the prestigiousPrix du roman daventures before beginning a partnership that spanned four decades from the Fifties to the Eighties and produced more than fifty thrillers. Their works inspired numerous films including Alfred HitchcocksVertigo and Henri-Georges ClouzotsLes Diaboliques based on their 1952 debut novelShe Who Was No More.