Deadlier: 100 of the Best Crime Stories Written by Women

by Sophie Hannah (Editor & Contributor)

Other authors: Louisa May Alcott (Contributor), Margery Allingham (Contributor), Lin Anderson (Contributor), Margaret Atwood (Contributor), M.C. Beaton (Contributor) — 33 more, Enid Blyton (Contributor), Sharon Bolton (Contributor), Louise Candlish (Contributor), Agatha Christie (Contributor), Mary Higgins Clark (Contributor), Alice Clark-Platts (Contributor), Ellen Davitt (Contributor), Janet Evanovich (Contributor), Mary Helena Fortune (Contributor), Nicci French (Contributor), Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Contributor), Anna Katherine Green (Contributor), Kerry Greenwood (Contributor), Patricia Highsmith (Contributor), Shirley Jackson (Contributor), Faye Kellerman (Contributor), Caroline Kepnes (Contributor), Anya Lipska (Contributor), Ngaio Marsh (Contributor), Alex Marwood (Contributor), Daphne du Maurier (Contributor), Val McDermid (Contributor), Gladys Mitchell (Contributor), Sarah Perry (Contributor), Sheila Quigley (Contributor), Ruth Rendell (Contributor), Angela Savage (Contributor), Dorothy L. Sayers (Contributor), Donna Tartt (Contributor), Emma Viskic (Contributor), Minette Walters (Contributor), Ethel Lina White (Contributor), Emily Winslow (Contributor)

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100 of the best crime stories written by women, selected and introduced by Sophie Hannah. From Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier, to Val McDermid and Margaret Atwood, women writers have long been drawn to criminal acts. Here, award-winning author Sophie Hannah brings together 100 of her favourite examples. Deadlier includes prize-winners, bestsellers and rising stars, so whether you take your crime cosy or hard-boiled, this big, beautiful anthology will keep you reading long into the night.… (more)

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Hannah, Sophie	Editor & Contributor	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Alcott, Louisa May	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Allingham, Margery	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Anderson, Lin	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Atwood, Margaret	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Beaton, M.C.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Blyton, Enid	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Bolton, Sharon	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Candlish, Louise	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Christie, Agatha	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Clark, Mary Higgins	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Clark-Platts, Alice	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Davitt, Ellen	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Evanovich, Janet	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Fortune, Mary Helena	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
French, Nicci	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Gilman, Charlotte Perkins	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Green, Anna Katherine	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Greenwood, Kerry	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Highsmith, Patricia	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Jackson, Shirley	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kellerman, Faye	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Kepnes, Caroline	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Lipska, Anya	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Marsh, Ngaio	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Marwood, Alex	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Maurier, Daphne du	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
McDermid, Val	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Mitchell, Gladys	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Perry, Sarah	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Quigley, Sheila	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rendell, Ruth	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Savage, Angela	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sayers, Dorothy L.	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Tartt, Donna	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Viskic, Emma	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Walters, Minette	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
White, Ethel Lina	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Winslow, Emily	Contributor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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100 of the best crime stories written by women, selected and introduced by Sophie Hannah. From Agatha Christie and Daphne du Maurier, to Val McDermid and Margaret Atwood, women writers have long been drawn to criminal acts. Here, award-winning author Sophie Hannah brings together 100 of her favourite examples. Deadlier includes prize-winners, bestsellers and rising stars, so whether you take your crime cosy or hard-boiled, this big, beautiful anthology will keep you reading long into the night.

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