Beast in View

Why people recommend it

Beast in View by Margaret Millar is a classic psychological thriller focusing on a reclusive young woman living in a hotel suite who becomes increasingly terrorized by a series of unsettling prank phone calls. The novel was discussed across two episodes of The Book Review in July 2024. First, Tina Jordan mentioned on the episode titled A Memoir From the Hard-Working Heartland that she was currently reading the book, describing the mounting terror experienced by the protagonist trapped in her hotel room. Later, on the episode titled One Young Mother and the Homelessness Crisis, guest Sarah Weinman discussed the novel in the context of her work preparing a Library of America anthology, noting that Beast in View was specifically the book she had selected to be reprinted in the set and the one she analyzed in her accompanying piece. These combined discussions brought renewed attention to Millar's mastery of suspense, highlighting the enduring psychological depth of her mid-century thriller and introducing a classic masterwork to a new generation of readers tuning into the podcast.