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Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of the 1940s: Laura / The Horizontal Man / In a Lonely Place / The Blank Wall
By
Dorothy B. Hughes,
Sarah Weinman (editor),
Helen Eustis,
Elisabeth Sanxay Holding and
Vera Caspary
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Library of America
Publication date
September 1, 2015
Pages
767
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781598534306
ISBN-10
1598534300
Dimensions
1.25 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
1.45 lbs.
Original list price
$37.50
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Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: The Library of America and editor Sarah Weinman redefine the classic era of American crime fiction with a landmark collection of four brilliant novels by the female pioneers of the genre, the women who paved the way for Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Lisa Scottoline.  Â
Though women crime and suspense writers dominate todayâs bestseller lists, the extraordinary work of the mid-century pioneers of the genre is largely unknown. Turning in many cases from the mean streets of the hardboiled school to explore the anxieties and terrors lurking in everyday life, these groundbreaking novelists found the roots of fear and violence in a quiet suburban neighborhood, on a college campus, or in a comfortable midtown hotel. Their work, influential in its day and still vibrant and extraordinarily riveting today, is long overdue for rediscovery. This volume, the first of a two-volume collectorâs set, gathers four classic works that together reveal the vital and unacknowledged lineage to todayâs leading crime writers. From the 1940s here are Vera Casparyâs famous career girl mystery Laura, Helen Eustisâs intricate academic thriller The Horizontal Man, Dorothy B. Hughesâs In a Lonely Place, the terrifyingly intimate portrait of a serial killer, and Elizabeth Sanxay Holdingâs The Blank Wall, in which a wife in wartime is forced to take extreme measures when her family is threatened.
Though women crime and suspense writers dominate todayâs bestseller lists, the extraordinary work of the mid-century pioneers of the genre is largely unknown. Turning in many cases from the mean streets of the hardboiled school to explore the anxieties and terrors lurking in everyday life, these groundbreaking novelists found the roots of fear and violence in a quiet suburban neighborhood, on a college campus, or in a comfortable midtown hotel. Their work, influential in its day and still vibrant and extraordinarily riveting today, is long overdue for rediscovery. This volume, the first of a two-volume collectorâs set, gathers four classic works that together reveal the vital and unacknowledged lineage to todayâs leading crime writers. From the 1940s here are Vera Casparyâs famous career girl mystery Laura, Helen Eustisâs intricate academic thriller The Horizontal Man, Dorothy B. Hughesâs In a Lonely Place, the terrifyingly intimate portrait of a serial killer, and Elizabeth Sanxay Holdingâs The Blank Wall, in which a wife in wartime is forced to take extreme measures when her family is threatened.
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from Library of America (September 1, 2015)
9781598534306 | details & prices | 767 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 1.25 in. | 1.45 lbs | List price $37.50
About: The Library of America and editor Sarah Weinman redefine the classic era of American crime fiction with a landmark collection of four brilliant novels by the female pioneers of the genre, the women who paved the way for Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Lisa Scottoline.
About: The Library of America and editor Sarah Weinman redefine the classic era of American crime fiction with a landmark collection of four brilliant novels by the female pioneers of the genre, the women who paved the way for Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Lisa Scottoline.
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