Women crime writers. Four suspense novels of the 1940s /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:New York : The Library of America, [2015]
©2015
Description:767 pages ; 21 cm
Language:English
Series:The Library of America ; 268
Library of America ; 268.
Subject:Women authors -- 20th century.
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Mistaken identity -- Fiction.
Single women -- Fiction.
Young women -- Crimes against -- Fiction.
Serial murderers -- Fiction.
Actresses -- Fiction.
Drifters -- Fiction.
Actresses.
Drifters.
Mistaken identity.
Police.
Serial murderers.
Single women.
Young women -- Crimes against.
Kriminalroman.
Schriftstellerin.
Manhattan (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
Los Angeles (Calif.) -- Fiction.
California -- Los Angeles.
New York (State) -- New York.
New York (State) -- New York -- Manhattan.
USA.
Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
Psychological fiction.
Noir fiction.
Suspense fiction.
Detective and mystery fiction.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10385058
Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title:Four suspense novels of the 1940s
Other uniform titles:Weinman, Sarah,
Caspary, Vera, 1899-1987. Laura (Novel)
Eustis, Helen. Horizontal man.
Hughes, Dorothy B. (Dorothy Belle), 1904-1993. In a lonely place.
Holding, Elisabeth Sanxay, 1889-1955. Blank wall.
ISBN:9781598534306
1598534300
Notes:Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:Four suspense novels of the 1940s. These four stories explore the terrors of family life, personality disorders, and horrors of the mind.
Table of Contents:
  • Laura / Vera Caspary
  • The horizontal man / Helen Eustis
  • In a lonely place / Dorothy B. Hughes
  • The blank wall / Elisabeth Sanxay Holding.