![]() ![]() ![]() This not only gives new resonance to the book’s familiar noir trappings it also opens up entire new areas of literary territory for Abbott to explore, conquer, and claim as her own. As the title of Queenpin suggests, the story is one of a powerful crime boss undone by an ambitious underling, except in this case, refreshingly, both boss and underling are women. The first four of her seven novels, starting with Die a Little and on through to Bury Me Deep, are pitch-perfect evocations of classic period noir, set midcentury, but each with an ingenious contemporary twist. The first one was Abbott’s third novel, Queenpin, a highlight of what may be called Early Period Abbott, a classification that isn’t at all intended to imply immaturity or apprenticeship. ![]()
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