Murder in the Wind

by John D. MacDonald
Category: "Fiction - Mystery"
Pages:192
Year of Publication:1956
Date Added:07/20/2008
Date Read:01/11/2015
Notes:Thirteen people are stranded in an old house during a hurricane. Their individual stories take up the first half of the book. As the storm increases and the house begins to fall apart, the true nature of each of them comes out. The mother whose husband dies early in the storm rallies for the sake of her two young children. The ex-tennis star is a coward and his new bride, whom he married for her money, realizes she's in for a tedious life. The three kids, running from the law, decide to take off on their own. The rob a businessman of his money, but when his partner refuses to hand over his wallet, they kill him and run out into the storm and soon perish. The government agent, on the way home from a case, and the young widow find themselves falling for each other. They become separated when the house falls apart, but find each other in the end.
My Rating: 6

Reviews for Murder in the Wind

Review - Murder in the Wind

The hurricane is the main character in this book, and the most interesting one. MacDonald does a good job of describing people and showing how their true strength comes out in adversity, but the book is too short to give me enough to really care. Of course, I rooted for the agent and the widow who get together at the end. But the idea that they could develop a firm, lasting relationship in a couple of hours while trapped in a small space with eleven other people is a bit hard to believe.

Reviewed by Roger on 2015-01-11 14:44:09

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