{"product_id":"bedelia-9781558615076","title":"Bedelia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"You must read \u003cem\u003eBedelia\u003c\/em\u003e\"--the seductive black-widow thriller by the author of the classic film noir \u003cem\u003eLaura\u003c\/em\u003e (\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e).\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharlie Horst has returned with his new bride Bedelia to his family home in Connecticut. Indulgently infatuated, Charlie is the luckiest man alive. What's not to love about Bedelia? She's gorgeous and complacent. She's also a gracious and ideal party host--luscious and decorative in blue velvet. And in public, she plays the part of worshipful wife to perfection. In private, even more so. Who can blame Charlie for overlooking her little deceptions? Or for not paying any mind to her contradictory claims about her past? When Charlie falls ill due to a freak poisoning, Charlie knows that Bedelia will be right his side, watching him closely. But who's watching Bedelia?\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Vera Caspary wrote thrillers--but not like any other author of her time, male or female. Her specialty was a specific type that she pioneered--the psycho thriller\" (\u003cem\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/em\u003e) and this \"sinister entertainment\" (\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e), is Caspary at her most chilling. Adapted in 1946 into a film starring Margaret Lockwood, \u003cem\u003eBedelia\u003c\/em\u003e is \"a tour de force of psychological suspense . . . \u003cem\u003eDesperate Housewives\u003c\/em\u003e meets \u003cem\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/em\u003e\" (Liahna Armstrong, President Emeritus, Popular Culture Association).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Feminist Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781558615076\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.08h x 5.22w x 0.68d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2006 pg. 158\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Vera Caspary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42824535703733,"sku":"9781558615076","price":11.86,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ca458c88-021a-4e41-9fc6-7177c6591b1a.jpg?v=1680620903","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/bedelia-9781558615076","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}