The Man Who Loved His Wife (Femmes Fatales)

By: Vera Caspary

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Synopsis: A husband falls into a psychological spiral in a novel by the author of Laura, &“an expert at suspense and suspicion&” (The New York Times).When Fletcher marries Elaine, his second wife, nineteen years his junior, he can't imagine a more passionate union. Then an illness destroys his confidence, and all he can picture is her next affair. He keeps a secret diary of his fantasized suspicions, making his impending suicide look like murder... With what Graham Greene once called her &“devilish cunning,&” Vera Caspary reveals, with sure psychological insight, the strange desires that hide in the hearts of seemingly respectable people. Out of a web of love, jealousy, guilt, and hate, she has woven one of her most suspenseful thrillers.&“Caspary writes emotive entertainments, part romance, part suspense, about women destined to kill or doomed to die.&”—Kirkus Reviews&“A beautiful job.&”—The Boston HeraldThe Man Who Loved His Wife is part of the Femmes Fatales series, featuring the best of women&’s writing in the classic pulp genres of the mid-20th century. From mystery to hard-boiled noir to taboo lesbian romance, these rediscovered queens of pulp offer subversive perspectives on a turbulent era with such titles as Now, Voyager; Stella Dallas; Bunny Lake is Missing; The Girls in 3-B; and more.