Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s: A Library of America Boxed Set

A Library of America Boxset

Author: Sarah Weinman

Women Crime Writers: Eight Suspense Novels of the 1940s & 50s: A Library of America Boxed Set

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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. Their work, influential in its day and still vibrant and extraordinarily riveting today, is long overdue for rediscovery. Here they are collected in a beautifully produced hardback box-set. Including novels from Vera Caspary, Helen Eustis, Dorothy B. Hughes, Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, Charlotte Armstrong, Patricia Highsmith, Margaret Millar and Dolores Hitchens.

Critic Reviews

“"This set is a must-have addition to any crime fiction fan's bookcase." --The Strand Magazine "The novels in the anthology are page-turners, every one." --Megan Abbott "With its gutsy, crackling eight novels, Women Crime Writers challenges the perception of American crime fiction as a genre shaped by men, and dominated by brooding male figures." --Brigit Katz, Women in the World ”

"This set is a must-have addition to any crime fiction fan's bookcase." --The Strand Magazine "The novels in the anthology are page-turners, every one." --Megan Abbott

"With its gutsy, crackling eight novels, Women Crime Writers challenges the perception of American crime fiction as a genre shaped by men, and dominated by brooding male figures." --Brigit Katz, Women in the World

"A stunning collection." --Nancy Bilyeau, The Big Thrill

"The original female crime writers every Gone Girl fan should know." --Caitlin MacDougall

About the Author

Sarah Weinman is widely recognized as a leading authority on crime fiction. She is the editor of Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives- Stories from the Trailblazers of Domestic Suspense (Penguin, 2013), which the Los Angeles Review of Books called "simply one of the most significant anthologies of crime fiction, ever." She is the news editor for Publishers Marketplace and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the National Post, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post, among other publications. Weinman lives in Brooklyn, New York.