{"product_id":"9781558617063","title":"Bedelia","description":"\u003cb\u003e“You must read \u003ci\u003eBedelia\u003c\/i\u003e”, the seductive black-widow thriller by the author of the classic film noir, \u003ci\u003eLaura\u003c\/i\u003e (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Charlie 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?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\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” (\u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e) and this “sinister entertainment” (\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e), is Caspary at “her most chilling” (SistersinCrime.com). Filmed in 1946, and starring Margaret Lockwood, it’s “a tour de force of psychological suspense . . . \u003ci\u003eDesperate Housewives\u003c\/i\u003e meets \u003ci\u003eDouble Indemnity\u003c\/i\u003e in \u003ci\u003eBedelia\u003c\/i\u003e” (Liahna Armstrong, President Emeritus, Popular Culture Association).","brand":"Feminist Press at CUNY, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137957970160,"sku":"9781558617063","price":1.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781558617063_p0.jpg?v=1769899193","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781558617063","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}