Not a bad mystery, but I didn't buy the author's portrayal of Hitchcock. I don't know why because I don't know anything about him, but this seemed off. Nice psycho killer thriller set in 1950's LA.

I give a book 100 pages or one day, which ever comes second, before I make the decision to give up or keep reading. I finished this book only because it took me less than a day to read. Hitchcock is barely detectable in the book, hardly the detecive as the cover implies. He does the hiring of the ex-cop main character and "exposes" the murderer at the end but not much else. As to the title, the connection to the film is barely noticable other than it being the film that Hitch is directing at the time. ( )