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Laura
Laura | Vera Caspary
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Laura Hunt was the ideal modern woman: beautiful, elegant, highly ambitious, and utterly mysterious. No man could resist her charmsnot even the hardboiled NYPD detective sent to find out who turned her into a faceless corpse. As this tough cop probes the mystery of Laura s death, he becomes obsessed with her strange power. Soon he realizes he s been seduced by a dead womanor has he? "Laura" won lasting renown as an Academy Award-nominated 1944 film, the greatest noir romance of all time. Vera Caspary s equally haunting novel is remarkable for its stylish, hardboiled writing, its electrifying plot twists, and its darkly complex charactersincluding a woman who stands as the ultimate femme fatale. 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"; "Bunny Lake Is Missing"; "By Cecile"; "The G-String Murders"; "The Girls in 3-B"; "Laura"; "The Man Who Loved His Wife"; "Mother Finds a Body"; "Now, Voyager"; "Return to Lesbos"; "Skyscraper"; "Stranger on Lesbos"; "Stella Dallas"; "Women's Barracks.""
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teresareads
Laura | Vera Caspary
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Great 1940s crime classic. I had seen the movie years ago but forgotten almost everything about it. Laura isn't quite the femme fatale type you'd imagine from the cover, which I think speaks to how any little bit of independence and sexual freedom on the part of a woman gets misinterpreted as licentiousness and coldness.

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CaitZ
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This is a good classic mystery filled with unreliable narrators. Since I love the movie, I knew the plot and that spoiled some of the twists. I could see the movie laid out scene by scene as I was reading. #ReadWithMrBook #1WordTitle
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CaitZ
Laura | Vera Caspary
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It's a cold, dark and windy afternoon here. I've shoveled the driveway and done everything else I needed to. So now it's time to snuggle in bed with my blanket and tea and start this book for #ReadWithMrBook until dinner. It's the basis for my favorite movie and I've never read it.

jenreads7 I never knew the movie was based on a book! 😍 5y
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Brie
Laura | Vera Caspary
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Nothing is as it seems in this feminist hard boiled noir, especially not the “femme fatale” Laura. A detective investigates the death of the eponymous Laura, looking into all possible suspects, including her fiancé and older male friend, all the while struggling not to fall in love with this specter of a woman.

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erzascarletbookgasm
Laura | Vera Caspary
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Like most noir and hardboiled detective fictions, the story begins with the murder of a woman. Enters a detective who is assigned to the case but soon gets entangled in the web of lies surrounding the murder. This stylish noir-style detective novel is told in multiple first person narrators and has a 40s feminist vibe in New York City setting. Reading it feels like watching a black & white crime movie. There‘s a film adaptation too. #litsyclassics

wanderinglynn The film is excellent. 👍🏻 7y
Cathythoughts Excellent review! Stacked 7y
Cathythoughts Think I‘ll stack for Audible 👍🏻 7y
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RaimeyGallant Cool. 7y
rubyslippersreads I haven't read the book, but the movie is great. 7y
Christine11 Amazing cover and sounds really interesting! 😊 7y
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kricheal
Laura | Vera Caspary
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This noir murder mystery is a wonderful pick. Without giving much away there is jealousy, a love affairs, a gumshoe detective, mistaken identity, and so much more! 😎

Liatrek Love this movie! The book has been on my TBR for awhile 😊 7y
kricheal @Liatrek I've never seen this movie. I'm going to have to see if it's on netflix or Amazon prime 7y
Liatrek @kricheal it's on Netflix. I hope you like it I love the Film Noir. 7y
kricheal @Liatrek oh my gosh! I'm off this weekend, and I know what I'm watching at some point! 😉 thank you! 7y
Liatrek @kricheal Sweet! Let me know what you think? I always love comparing books to their movies. 7y
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kricheal
Laura | Vera Caspary
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Starting this on audible next.

rubyslippersreads I've seen the old movie, but never read the book. 7y
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Iceangel9
Laura | Vera Caspary
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Awesome books and I love the movies as well! Gene Tierney is great, and Dana Andrews and Rex Harrison 💓

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DGRachel
Laura | Vera Caspary
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Watching the film on Netflix for #noirvember. I didn't realize it was a novel. My TBR wasn't long enough, right? 📚

LisaJo I so enjoyed this movie. 🎥 8y
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HedgeWhitney
Laura | Vera Caspary
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This month's book club read. #noiristhebest

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RebeccaH
Laura | Vera Caspary
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Very fun.

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RebeccaH
Laura | Vera Caspary
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Up next.

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