Levin is van oorsprong toneelschrijver en heeft na dit werk nog een aantal zeer 'eigen' boeken geschreven zoals: Rosemary's Baby en De Jongens uit Brazilië. Jaren geleden heb ik dit boek gelezen en ik vond het ook een absolute topper binnen het genre. Het boek dateert uit 1953 en is vertaald door Remco Campert. Sinds jaar en dag wordt - Een kus voor je sterft - in de VN thrillergids beloond met vijf sterren. It seems feasible, and he almost succeeds. In this story, the killer shows how easy it is to get away with murder. One, by Jeffrey Deaver I believe, was scary enough to make me rethink online privacy and the dangers of Google. I've read more modern books where a criminal that had either special access to online databases (like Google) or was a good hacker would learn about a victim by putting together bits of information on where they shop, what they order, etc. He learned as much as he could about what the woman likes, then studied about the subjects and pretended to be their ideal partner with similar tastes, etc. The main character in this book used a technique to ingratiate himself with some women. The main problem was that the women believed everything they were told by a stranger, mainly because they wanted to believe it. But that's probably because I've read a lot of mysteries, and I just hate to see them make mistakes I easily recognize. This one was pretty suspenseful, although it was hard not to try to shake some sense into some of the characters. This was my first book by Ira Levin - I don't know how I've missed out for so long, but I plan to make up for it.

A kiss before dying by ira levin