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Women crime writers. Four suspense novels of the 1940s

Women crime writers. Four suspense novels of the 1940s

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Though women crime and suspense writers dominate today's bestseller lists, the extraordinary work of the mid-century pioneers of the genre is largely unknown. This volume gathers four classic works that together reveal the vital and unacknowledged lineage to today's leading crime writers. From the 1940s here are Vera Caspary's famous career girl mystery Laura, Helen Eustis's intricate academic thriller The Horizontal Man, Dorothy B. Hughes's In a...

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ISBN:
9781598534511
9781598534306
Description:
767 pages ; 21 cm
Other Title:
4 suspense novels of the 1940s
Four suspense novels of the 1940s
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references
Contents:
Laura / Vera Caspary
The horizontal man / Helen Eustis
In a lonely place / Dorothy B. Hughes
The blank wall / Elizabeth Sanxay Holding
LCCN:
2014959884
Control Number:
3340550
Other Authors:
Weinman, Sarah, editor
container of (work): Caspary, Vera, 1899-1987. Laura (Novel)
container of (work): Eustis, Helen. Horizontal man
container of (work): Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay, 1899-1955. Blank wall
container of (work): Hughes, Dorothy B. (Dorothy Belle), 1904-1993. In a lonely place
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