Hardboiled and High Heeled by Linda Mizejewski, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Can a gumshoe wear high heels? In a genre long dominated by men, women are now taking their place-as authors and as characters-alongside hard-boiled legends like Sam Spade and Mike Hammer. Hardboiled and High Heeledexamines the meteoric rise of the female detective in contemporary film, television, and literature. Richly illustrated and written with a fan's love of the genre, Hardboiled and High Heeledis an essential introduction to women in detective fiction, from past to present, from pulp fiction to blockbuster films. | Hardboiled and High Heeled by Linda Mizejewski, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters