{"product_id":"9780803206922","title":"Enigma Woman","description":"\u003cbr\u003e“Crack shot.” “Enigma woman.” “Good with ponies and pistols.” “A much-married woman.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat if such an unconventional woman—and the press unanimously agreed that Nellie May Madison was indeed unconventional—were to get away with murder? Shortly after her husband’s bullet-riddled body was found in the couple’s Burbank apartment, police issued an all-points bulletin for the “beautiful, dark-haired widow.” The ensuing drama unfolded with all the twists and turns of a noir crime novel.   \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn this intriguing cultural history, Kathleen A. Cairns tells the tale of Nellie May Madison, the first woman on Death Row in California. Her story offers a glimpse into law and disorder in 1930s Los Angeles while bringing to life a remarkable character whose plight reflects on the status of women, the workings of the media and the judiciary system, and the stratification of society in her time. Cairns’s re-creation of the case from murder to trial to aftermath also casts an eye forward to our own love-hate affair with celebrity crimes and our abiding ambivalence about domestic violence as a defense for murder.  ","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47118404976880,"sku":"9780803206922","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780803206922_p0.jpg?v=1763727355","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780803206922","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}