Books like Laura by Vera Caspary
Detective Laura Hunt epitomizes the modern woman: beautiful, elegant, ambitious, and utterly enigmatic. When she becomes the victim of a faceless murder, a tough hardboiled NYPD cop is dispatched to uncover the truth. As he investigates, he finds himself drawn into the very mystery of Laura’s death, becoming increasingly entranced by her strange, seductive power. In the process, he must confront the blurred line between fascination and obsession, and wonder whether the woman he’s following is truly dead or merely a phantom haunting his thoughts.
First publish date: 1943
Genre: Mystery & Detective/Police Procedural
Authors: Vera Caspary
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