Deadly Women

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.