A SALUTE TO THE REAL FEMMES FATALES
of the domestic suspense genre- and the deceitful children, deranged husbands, vengeful friends, and murderous wives they unleashed
Gillian Flynn, Tana French, and Sue Grafton-these women and others like them dominate today's bestseller lists, but where would they be without the pioneering women authors who created the psychological thriller? Sarah Weinman, one of today's preeminent authorities on crime fiction, brings together fourteen chilling stories by women who-from the 1940s through the mid-1970s-took a scalpel to contemporary society and sliced away to reveal its dark essence.
TROUBLED DAUGHTERS, TWISTED WIVES
includes hair-raising tales by Patricia Highsmith, Shirley Jackson, Vera Caspary, and more, giving readers a glimpse into their most sinister impulses.