It is no coincidence that the exciting novel “The Shadow of the Sphinx” by the English writer Graham Masterton is imbued with elements of eroticism - after all, its author, who also publishes under the pseudonyms Thomas Luke and Angel Smith, is also known as the creator of textbooks on sexopathology. American writer Helen McCloy has written more than 30 works , written in the psychological detective genre. The novel “Strike from the Looking Glass”, translated into many languages, reveals to our readers for the first time the author popular all over the world.