Women Crime Writers. Four Suspense Novels of the 1950S
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Second in a two-volume collection of suspense novels written by female authors in the 1940s and 1950s.
Mischief / Charlotte Armstrong -- The blunderer / Patricia Highsmith -- Beast in view / Margaret Millar -- Fools' gold / Dolores Hitchens.
These four stories examine isolated crimes within society that not only breed murder but destructive suspicions.
Contents: Mischief. -- Blunderer. -- Beast in view. -- Fools' gold.
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The Library of America
269.
PUBLISHED
New York : The Library of America, [2015]
Year Published: 2015
Description: 710 pages ; 21 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781598534313
1598534319
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Weinman, Sarah,
Armstrong, Charlotte, 1905-1969.
Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.
Millar, Margaret, 1915-1994.
Hitchens, Dolores, 1907-1973.
SUBJECTS
Women authors -- 20th century.
Uxoricide -- Fiction.
Suburban life -- Fiction.
Theft -- Fiction.
Horror tales.
Babysitters -- Fiction.
Strangers -- Fiction.
Prank telephone calls -- Fiction.
Detective and mystery stories, American.
Suspense fiction, American.
Psychological fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.