Vera Caspary 
Laura 

In the doorway of an elegant New York apartment, blood seeps over silk negligee, over polished wood floors and plush carpet: a beautiful young woman lies dead, her face disfigured by a single gun shot.But who was Laura? What power did she hold over the very different men in her life? How does her portrait bewitch even Mark Mc Pherson, the hard-bitten detective assigned to find her murderer?One stormy night, Mark’s investigation takes an unexpected turn…