Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of The 1950s (LOA #269) Mischief / the Blunderer / Beast in View / Fools' Gold |
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| Editor:
| Weinman, Sarah |
| Author:
| Armstrong, Charlotte
Highsmith, Patricia
Millar, Margaret
Hitchens, Dolores |
| Series title: | Library of America Women Crime Writers Collection |
| ISBN: | 978-1-59853-431-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 2015 |
| Publisher: | Library of America, The
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $37.50 |
Book Description:
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Though women crime and suspense writers dominate today's bestseller lists, the extraordinary work of the mid-century pioneers is largely unknown. 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 collector's set, gathers four classic works that together reveal the vital and unacknowledged lineage that leads to today's leading crime writers. From the 1950s here are Charlotte...
More DescriptionThough women crime and suspense writers dominate today's bestseller lists, the extraordinary work of the mid-century pioneers is largely unknown. 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 collector's set, gathers four classic works that together reveal the vital and unacknowledged lineage that leads to today's leading crime writers. From the 1950s here are Charlotte Weinman, Patricia Highsmith, Margaret Millar & Dolores Hitchens.