Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of the 1940s: Laura / The Horizontal Man / In a Lonely Place / The Blank Wall

by Elisabeth Sanxay Holding, Vera Caspary, Helen Eustis, et al.

Book Overview

The Library of America and editor Sarah Weinman redefine the classic era of American crime fiction with a landmark collection of four brilliant novels by the female pioneers of the genre, the women who paved the way for Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Lisa Scottoline.

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. Turning...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1598534300
• ISBN13: 9781598534306
• Release Date: September 2015
• Publisher: Library of America
• Length: 848 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 4.8" x 8.0"