Very short Simenon like book. An ex con returns to his hometown (day one out of prison) to hang about. He gets mixed up with a woman who plans to kill her husband. Plays out like a nightmare, as he does not understand what is happening to him for the first 4/5ths of the book. In the end it is touching and even romantic. Still... a little thin. Though I still like the idea the author need not always write a book at least 200 pages long. ( )

A real page turner and read at one sitting book. There are many twists and turns for the unfortunate hero. ( )

Atmospheric and Hitchcockian. Reviewed on my blog here: http://annabookbel.net/frederic-dard-bird-cage-amir-tag-elsir-telepathy ( )