Women Crime Writers of the Forties and Fifties, ed. Sarah Weinman (2 book set)


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Description

Two book, first-edition hardcover Library of America set (not boxed). Each volume signed and annotated on page 101 by Weinman.


Contents:


Women Crime Writers of the 40s includes Vera Caspary's Laura, Helen Eustis’s The Horizontal Man, Dorothy B. Hughes’s In a Lonely Place, and Elisabeth Sanxay Holding’s The Blank Wall.


Women Crime Writers of the 50s includes Charlotte Armstrong’s Mischief, Patricia Highsmith’s The Blunderer, Margaret Millar’s Beast in View, and Dolores Hitchens’s Fools’ Gold.


 


"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

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