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; The Blackbirder; Bunny
