The Lethal Sex
- Authors
- Christianna Brand & Ursula Curtis & Margaret Millar & Bernice Carey & Margaret Manners & Anthony Gilbert & Jean Potts & Miriam Allen deFord & Gladys Cluff & Carolyn Thomas & Nedra Tyre & D. Jenkins Smith & Veronica Parker Johns & Juanita Sheridan
- Publisher
- Mystery Writers of America
- Date
- 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.47 MB
- Lang
- en
THE FAIRER SEX? NOT THESE LADIES
The female of the species is absolutely deadlier than the male in these 14 cunningly-crafted tales of suspense, crimes of passion, and murder, all by women writers. Edited by MWA Grandmaster and bestselling mystery author John D. MacDonald, these bone-chilling stories show the depths thatmen and women will stoop to in pursuit of whatthey want. Christianna Brand brings us a story of two sisters who engage in the ultimate cat-and-mouse game, with the prize being their lives. A woman accustomed to the finer things appears in Margaret Manners' twisting tale of a socialite who will go to any lengths to keep what's hers. Carolyn Thomas spins a tale of long-overdue revenge in the balmy Caribbean. From Veronica Parker Johns come the story of a cheating wife who's too clever for her own good. And Juanita Sheridan delivers a marriage slipping toward disaster amid the tropical paradise of Hawaii. Fourteen...