![]() ![]() From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Vera Caspary’s equally haunting novel is remarkable for its stylish, hardboiled writing, its electrifying plot twists, and its darkly complex characters-including a woman who stands as the ultimate femme fatale.įemmes Fatales restores to print the best of women’s writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. Laura won lasting renown as an Academy Award-nominated 1944 film, the greatest noir romance of all time. Soon he realizes he’s been seduced by a dead woman-or has he? As this tough cop probes the mystery of Laura’s death, he becomes obsessed with her strange power. No man could resist her charms-not even the hardboiled NYPD detective sent to find out who turned her into a faceless corpse. ![]() Laura Hunt was the ideal modern woman: beautiful, elegant, highly ambitious, and utterly mysterious. ![]()
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