How did Dorothy B. Hughes craft such a tense atmosphere in this noir mystery?
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How did Dorothy B. Hughes craft such a tense atmosphere in this noir mystery?
Did anyone else feel the protagonist's moral ambiguity made it hard to root for him?
What inspired the setting and era of the story? Did Hughes draw from real events or places?