![]() Katie Williams also riffs on some hallowed traditions in her ingenious debut suspense novel called, My Murder. Along with the feverish psychological twists and turns that Abbott's novels are celebrated for, Beware the Woman explores the timely topic of women's autonomy over their own bodies, especially during pregnancy. If you detected strains of Daphne du Maurier's Gothic masterpiece, Rebecca, in that plot summary, you'd be half right: Beware the Woman is Rebecca wedded to Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale. By then Jacy is having problems with her pregnancy and the bedrest Doctor Ash and his physician friend have prescribed is beginning to feel like house arrest. Brandt who, halfway into the novel tersely mutters to Jacy, "Maybe you should go home." Too late. ![]() The family "cottage," as Jed had called it, turns out to be much grander, "ike a hunting lodge in an old movie." And, inside, in addition to Doctor Ash, the lodge is occupied by a caretaker, the chilly Mrs. In this case, mother really does know best. we all marry strangers," Jacy's mom wearily told her on the day of the wedding. In fact, Jacy married Jed only a few months after they first met, but she's so in love she feels she's known him forever. They're going to visit Jed's widowed father, a retired physician named Doctor Ash, whom Jacy has only met once, fleetingly. As this novel's title suggests, maybe it's the men here who should start running.Īt the outset of Beware the Woman, our narrator, a 30-something pregnant woman named Jacy, is driving with her new husband, Jed, deep into the woods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Her latest novel is called Beware the Woman and it's inspired, not so much by hardboiled mysteries, but by another hallowed suspense genre: the Gothic, which almost always features a woman running in terror through the halls of a maze-like mansion. ![]() In other words, Abbott is one smart dame when it comes to sussing out the sexism inherent in those mysteries that so many of us love. But what Abbott's fans may not know is that she holds a doctoral degree in literature and wrote a dissertation on the figure of the macho "tough-guy" in the mysteries of writers like Dashiell Hammett, James M. Megan Abbott is a superstar of the suspense genre who's generated a host of bestsellers like The Turnout and Dare Me, which was made into a series for Netflix. Enter to Win a Celebration Box here and find out more information.To kick off this summer reading season, I'm recommending two suspense novels that gleefully overturn the age-old "woman-in-trouble" plot. Show us your Box and WIN! Tag us in your socials and win a Celebration Box. For more info about our Celebration Box Shipping and Delivery Information.Ĭelebration Box is a NZ Owned & Operated business offering a massive range of Gift Boxes, Flowers & Sweet Treats priced from $24.95 to exquisite Premium Gifts. We offer an $15 Auckland Same Day Delivery Service and a Priority Auckland Same Day Delivery Service for $35, which ensures your order is delivered to Auckland Addresses by 4pm. Shipping starts from $9 for our Premium Auckland Overnight Delivery Service. Your Gift Box, Flowers and Sweet Treats can be delivered Same Day 7 Days a week, Auckland Wide. We offer a $12 Premium Overnight Delivery Service for North Island orders and a $15 Premium Overnight Delivery Service for South Island orders. Celebration Box allows you to choose a delivery date up to 60 days in advance.Ĭelebration Box delivers Gift Boxes, Flowers and Sweet Treats NZ wide overnight, Monday to Saturday.
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