Bibliograph

Troubled daughters, twisted wives, stories from the trailblazers of domestic suspense, edited by Sarah Weinman

Type

Label

Troubled daughters, twisted wives, stories from the trailblazers of domestic suspense, edited by Sarah Weinman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Index

no index present

Literary Form

short stories

Main title

Troubled daughters, twisted wives

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

837144248

Responsibility statement

edited by Sarah Weinman

Sub title

stories from the trailblazers of domestic suspense

Summary

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. Sarah Weinman, one of today's preeminent authorities of 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 revel its dark essence

Target audience

adult

Classification