Fourteen new short stories in which female authors present women
who are disgruntled or worse. How does S.J. Rozan perk up a bored
housewife? By supplying her with handymen to murder in "The Next
Good Day." How to deal with a violently loony wife? Elizabeth
Massie keeps moving her out of town in "The Next-Door Collector."
Sharing quarters with one's mother-in-law gets a close look in
Carole Nelson Douglas's "Lawn and Order" and Suzanne Ledbetter's
"How to Murder Your Mother-in-Law," while husbands fare badly in
stories by Nevada Barr ("GDMFSOB") and Marcia Muller ("He
Said...She Said"). The other woman gets smacked around in Vicki
Hendricks's "Purrz, Baby" and Nancy Pickard's "Joy Ride"; mothers
avenge their daughters in Eileen Dreyer's "Vanquishing the Infidel"
and editor Matthews's "The House of Deliverance"; and an honorary
daughter tries to do in mom in Sara Paretsky's "Acid Test." The two
most entertaining tales are Julie Smith's paean to a female con
artist who pulls off the same scam twice in "The One That Got
Away," and Barbara Collins's satirical take on reality-TV
celebrity, "Trailer Trashed." The one that will haunt you, however,
is Denise Mina's "An Invisible Minus Sign," about a housewife who
can't even commit suicide right. A so-so collection, but the
authors ratchet up their charm quotient in their pithy biographical
assessments of their personal domesticity. Try their recipes at
your own risk. (Kirkus Reviews)
A heart-stopping mystery anthology from fourteen of today's
best-loved and bestselling female mystery and suspense writers.
Wisteria Lane Has Nothing On The Grand Dames of Mystery...In the
expert hands of fourteen unsurpassed storytellers, being a
housewife takes on a whole new meaning. Get ready for a lethal mix
of meddling mothers-in-law, creepy neighbors, cheating husbands,
fickle female friends, careers left behind, out-of-control kids,
steamy sex, and much, much more in this thrilling collection of
stories. Go behind the lace curtains and PTA smiles to explore the
often mind-numbing reality of being a housewife. You'll laugh,
you'll scream, you'll recognize yourself or your best friend in
each of these deadly situations. Join Nevada Barr, Barbara Collins,
Carole Nelson Douglas, Eileen Dreyer, Vicki Hendricks, Suzann
Ledbetter, Elisabeth Massie, Christine Matthews, Denise Mina,
Marcia Muller, Sara Paretsky, Nancy Pickard, S. J. Rozan, and Julie
Smith on a riotous ride through the dark but often hilarious
corners of the housewife psyche. In Deadly Housewives, the murders
and mysteries on Wisteria Lane will look like an elementary-school
bake sale compared to the thrills and suspense that these masters
cook up!
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