ONE ACROSS, TWO DOWN

With a little of the charm in which he is singularly lacking, Stanley might be one of Patricia Highsmith's murderers and his story is just as full of convertible and unexpected reverses. Hoping for the death of his rich mother-in-law and giving her a gentle assist, he is also left with a second body (her sister's) to dispose of and from then on he faces one disappointment after another. Nattering home truths and unpleasant consequences processed with close conviction.