![]() ![]() ![]() The style and cadence of this novel is classic there’s plenty of coy dialog, and the characters never skimp on offering each other a mixed drink. Hughes, however, is a different kind of crime writer: she conjures a bone-chilling male predator as her story’s primary suspect and skillfully balances him against female leads who are anything but helpless.Įven without these sexist tropes, readers of traditional crime fiction will undoubtedly find satisfaction in Hughes’ writing. For modern readers, noir is a genre that brings to mind certain tropes, namely the “damsel in distress” - a time when female characters were gorgeous, fearful, and one-dimensional. ![]() Hughes” may not be one that elicits immediate recognition from casual readers of noir fiction, though that should change with the release of a new edition of her much acclaimed novel (and basis for the eponymous Humphrey Bogart film) In a Lonely Place. ![]()
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