Women crime writers. Four suspense novels of the 1950s / Sarah Weinman, editor.
Material type:
TextSeries: Library of America ; 269.Publisher: New York : The Library of America, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 710 pages ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1598534319
- 9781598534313
- Four suspense novels of the 1950s
- Armstrong, Charlotte, 1905-1969. Mischief
- Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995. Blunderer
- Hitchens, Dolores, 1907-1973. Fools' gold
- Millar, Margaret, 1915-1994. Beast in view
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Main Library | Mystery | Weinman Sarah | Available | 33111008057909 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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 Weinman, Patricia Highsmith, Margaret Millar & Dolores Hitchens.
Includes bibliographical references.
Mischief / Charlotte Armstrong -- The blunderer / Patricia Highsmith -- Beast in view / Margaret Millar -- Fools' gold / Dolores Hitchens.
Four suspense novels of the 1950s. These four stories examine isolated crimes within society that not only breed murder but destructive suspicions.