A classic California noir with a feminist twist, this prescient 1947 novel exposed misogyny in post-World War II American society, making it far ahead of its time.Fighter pilot Dix Steele has returned
Dix Steele is back in town, and 'town' is post-war LA. His best friend Brub is on the force of the LAPD, and as the two meet in country clubs and beach bars, they discuss the latest case: a strangler
The society pages announce it before she even arrives: Griselda Satterlee, daughter of the princess of Rome, has left her career as an actress behind and is traveling to Manhattan to reinvent herself
The society pages announce it before she even arrives: Griselda Satterlee, daughter of the princess of Rome, has left her career as an actress behind and is traveling to Manhattan to reinvent herself
An escapee from a Spanish prison hunts for his bestfriend's killer in New YorkFor more than a year, Kit McKittrick languishes in aFascist prison, his days spent in darkness and his nights tortured by
An escapee from a Spanish prison hunts for his bestfriend's killer in New YorkFor more than a year, Kit McKittrick languishes in aFascist prison, his days spent in darkness and his nights tortured by
“It was surprising what old experiences remembered could do to a presumably educated, civilized man.” And Hugh Denismore, a young doctor driving his mother’s Cadillac from Los Angeles to Phoenix, is e
On a transcontinental train, a starlet fears herdirector may be trying to kill her.Fouryears after she arrived in Los Angeles, Kitten Agnew has become a star. Thoughbeautiful and talented, she'd be no
On a transcontinental train, a starlet fears herdirector may be trying to kill her.Fouryears after she arrived in Los Angeles, Kitten Agnew has become a star. Thoughbeautiful and talented, she'd be no
The Library of America and editor Sarah Weinman redefine the classic era of American crime fiction with a landmark collection of four brilliant novels by the female pioneers of the genre, the women wh
