Bedelia by Vera Caspary

Bedelia by Vera Caspary

Long before Desperate Housewives, there was Bedelia: pretty, ultra femme, and adoring as a kitten. A perfect housekeeper and lover, she wants nothing more than to please her insecure new husband, who can't believe his luck. But is Bedelia too good to be true?

A mysterious new neighbor turns out to be a detective on the trail of a kitten with claws of steel--a picture-perfect wife with a string of dead husbands in her wake. Caspary builds this tale to a peak of psychological suspense as her characters are trapped together by a blizzard. The true Bedelia, the woman who chose murder over a life on the street, reveals how she turns male fantasies of superiority into a deadly con.

Femmes Fatales restores to print the best of women's writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era. Enjoy the series: Bedelia; Bunny Lake Is Missing; By Cecile; The G-String Murders; The Girls in 3-B; Laura; The Man Who Loved His Wife; Mother Finds a Body; Now, Voyager; Return to Lesbos; Skyscraper; Stranger on Lesbos; Stella Dallas; Women's Barracks.

Vera Caspary (1904-1987) is best known for her psychologically deep and well-crafted murder mysteries. Laura, Bedelia, and The Man Who Loved His Wife are just a few of her stories that have been adapted into films. She was also a playwright and screenwriter, as well as a prominent supporter of extreme political causes in her time.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781558615076
ISBN 10	1558615075
Title	Bedelia
Author	Vera Caspary
Series	Femmes Fatales Ser
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Year published	2005-12-15
Number of pages	213
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.