Women crime writers. Four suspense novels of the 1940s /

Women crime writers. Four suspense novels of the 1940s / Four suspense novels of the 1940s Sarah Weinman, editor. - 767 pages ; 21 cm - The Library of America ; 268 . - Library of America ; 268. .

Includes bibliographical references.

Laura / Vera Caspary -- The horizontal man / Helen Eustis -- In a lonely place / Dorothy B. Hughes -- The blank wall / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.

Four suspense novels of the 1940s. These four stories explore the terrors of family life, personality disorders, and horrors of the mind.

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Actresses--Fiction.
Drifters--Fiction.
Mistaken identity--Fiction.
Police--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
Serial murderers--Fiction.
Single women--Fiction.
Women authors--20th century.
Young women--Crimes against--Fiction.


Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)--Fiction.


Mystery fiction.
Noir fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Suspense fiction.

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