Strangers on a Train

After Eight Perfect Murders and rewatching Hitchcock’s classic and my favorite comedy version of Throw Momma from train ( Devito was so brilliant, if you haven’t watched it, I highly recommend it) I decided to read the original story that inspired those brilliant movies. Overall: the thrilling idea......more

When I was in my 20s- living in Toronto and traveling on the train to visit my parents 4 hours away- I always thought there was nothing worse than trying to read my book while having some annoying fellow passenger try to start a conversation...but then I watched Alfred Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRA......more

This was Patricia Highsmith’s first novel, initially published in 1950, and most often credited as being the first “Murder Swap” novel! It inspired the Alfred Hitchcock movie, by the same name but if you THINK you know this story, because you watched the movie, you don’t! Mr. Hitchcock actually chang......more

Patricia Highsmith es considerada la maestra del suspense. Y no es para menos la verdad, lo tiene merecidísimo ya que logra (siendo este su primer libro publicado), una atmósfera tremendamente opresiva e inquietante en la medida en que te vas sumergiendo en la mente de los dos protagonistas de esta......more

Architect Guy Haines is on a train to Texas to see his estranged wife Miriam to discuss their divorce. Before long Charles Bruno, a rich n'er do well, sits down opposite him. Haines talks about his problems with Miriam and Bruno talks about his hatred for his father. Before long Bruno makes a sugges......more