Deadly Women: The Woman Mystery Reader's Indispensable Companion

by Jan Grape (Editor), Dean A. James, Ellen Nehr

Deadly Women is a large-format, illustrated companion volume to the popular and award-winning compendium The Fine Art of Murder.From Agatha Christie to Murder, She Wrote, women have occupied a central and honored place in the mystery scene. Packed to bursting with photos, stories, interviews, recommended lists, illustrations, and new information by and about favorite female writers present and past, this book celebrates women's contributions to crime fiction.

Deadly Women contains articles by and about such luminaries as Mary Higgins Clark, Barbara Michaels, Patricia Cornwell, Elizabeth George, Carolyn G. Hart, Julie Smith, Margaret Maron, J. A. Jance, Sara Paretsky, Marcia Muller, Laurie R. King, Charlotte MacLeod, Nancy Pickard, Joan Hess ... and many, many more.

This handsome volume will be equally popular with mystery fans for their libraries and with anyone looking for an entertaining gift. Never before have all these femmes fatales, sleuths, and creative innovators been gathered together between the covers of a single volume.

365 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1997

About the author

Jan Grape and her husband, Elmer sold Mysteries & More bookstore in Austin, Texas, to spend more time with their five grandchildren and travel. They now live in a RV full time with their black cats, Nick and Nora.

Series:
* Zoe Barrow Mystery