The Woman in the Window

 Shirley J.                  Adult Mystery Thriller                    Agoraphobia, murder, Voyeur

The Woman in the Window by A. J. Finn     512 pages

Excellent mystery thriller in the genre of Alfred Hitchcock's works.   Rear Window on steroids!  Agoraphobic Anna Fox is so consumed by fear that she cannot leave her apartment even to step outside her door.  She lives vicariously through the views she sees through her window.  Some would say she spied on her neighbors, she was looking out her window, the neighbors happened to be just across the way in a high rise what was she to do?   And especially when she saw something amusing or wait was that a murder she just witnessed???   The police didn't believe her when she called because she tended to call OFTEN and whatever she called about never turned out to be anything of concern as far as the officers could tell.   Anna was once a successful therapist and had not lost her skills at analyzing others, she just couldn't leave home to go to her office any longer.   She became very fond of drink and along with her medication, well it tended to make a cocktail that could bring on hallucinations once in a while, but, this time she is stone sober and knows what she saw.   The story is like a work of fine violin music as the story scampers lightly along introducing characters and events some startling some not as, but, oh there is so much more to this story that continues all the way to the end.  A real grabber, you won't want to stop you finish it.   I highly recommend this to mystery fans, pychological story fans, Hitchcock devotees and anyone looking for a good story to get them through the night.  I recommend this one to high schoolers on up.