Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of the 1950s: Mischief / The Blunderer / Beast in View / Fools' Gold by Sarah Weinman, Margaret Millar, Charlotte Armstrong, Patricia Highsmith, Dolores Hitchens

Women Crime Writers: Four Suspense Novels of the 1950s: Mischief / The Blunderer / Beast in View / Fools' Gold

Women Crime Writers: Library of America #2

Sarah Weinman, Margaret Millar, Charlotte Armstrong, Patricia Highsmith, Dolores Hitchens

848 pages first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious tense slow-paced
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In place of the mean and violent streets evoked by Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler, the pioneering women crime writers of the 1940s and ’50s uncovered the roots of fear and mania in a quiet suburban neighborhood or a comfortable midtown hote...

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Community Reviews Summary of 15 reviews

Moods

dark 100%
mysterious 100%
tense 66%
adventurous 33%

Pace

fast 66%
medium 33%

Plot- or character-driven?

A mix: 33% | N/A: 33% | Plot: 33%

Strong character development?

No: 66% | N/A: 33%

Loveable characters?

No: 33% | It's complicated: 33% | N/A: 33%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 33% | It's complicated: 33% | Yes: 33%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 50% | Yes: 50%

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