Bad Girls & Nasty Women
 
 
 
fiction featuring ladies we love to loathe
 
Dare Me 
 
by Megan E. Abbott

Cheerleaders.  The pinnacle of cool and cruel in high school.  These Mean Girls find their perch gets unsteady with the arrival of a new coach.
The Robber Bride
 
by Margaret Atwood

After Zenia's funeral, three old friends agree that they aren't really sad that their man-eating "frenemy" is dead.  But then they spot Zenia --apparently still alive and up to her old tricks.
Cassandra at the Wedding
 
by Dorothy Baker

Determined to sabotage her identical twin's wedding, Cassandra starts by dressing just like the bride.  
Heartsick
 
by Chelsea Cain

Detective Archie Sheridan was tortured by a serial killer who let him go, and then turned herself in.  Now another serial killer is targeting  young girls, and Archie needs the help of his torturer need to stop the murders.
The Girls 
 
by Emma Cline

Evie is mesmerized by a carefree group of girls who seem to have it all together.  As she is allowed into their world, she realizes they are in thrall to a cult leader.
The Glitch
 
by Elisabeth Cohen

Shelley Stone, a Silicon Valley executive, meets a young woman named Shelley Stone while on vacation.  Is she a con artist?  A visitor from the past?  Or is Shelley cracking up?
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? 
 
by Henry Farrell

Sisters.  Best of friends.  Worst enemies.  Jane terrorized her sister Blanche when she was the famous "Baby Jane".  Now the tables have turned.
Coraline
 
by Neil Gaiman

When her family moves into a new flat, Coraline finds a door that opens to a brick wall.  Then one day it opens to another flat, just like hers -- only better!  In this flat, "the Other Mother" is in charge.
Fates and Furies
 
by Lauren Groff

Looking back on their long marriage, Lotto sings the praises of his wife, Mathilde.  But when it's her turn to deconstruct their marriage, she has a different story to tell.
The Woman in Black
 
by Susan Hill

A routine trip to settle his late client's estate takes a terrifying turn for solicitor Arthur Kipps.  The isolated home appears to be haunted, and a ghostly woman in black is a particularly menacing presence.
Maestra
 
by L. S. Hilton

Judith Rashleigh supplements her meager art house paycheck as a call girl catering to clients with "exotic" tastes.  Her day job and side hustle collide in a calamitous mess of sex, drugs, stolen art, and ... murder.
Ride a Cockhorse
by Raymond Kennedy

Frances Fitzgibbons -- a sedate, widowed loan officer -- has always colored inside the lines.  Then she turns forty-five, and all hell breaks loose.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
 
by Ken Kesey

 Randall McMurphy, Chief Broom and the other mental hospital residents under the care of Nurse Ratched are in a world of hurt. 
Treasure Island!!!
 
by Sara Levine 
 
Robert Louis Stevenson's hero evinced the core values of: boldness, resolution, independence and ... horn blowing.  A timid, going-nowhere college grad decides to live her life the way Jim Hawkins lived his on Treasure Island.
Eileen
 
by Ottessa Moshfegh

Eileen hates her life, and dreams of the big city.  When a new woman arrives at her dreary job, it may be the incentive she needs to make the change.  Or it may be more than she bargained for.
See What I Have Done
 
by Sarah Schmidt

What might have happened that sweltering August day in Fall Rivers, Massachusetts when Lizzie Borden took an ax ...
An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good
 
by Helene Tursten

When women become a certain age, they become ... invisible.  88 year old Maud prefers to be seen as a helpless, frail little old lady.  She can get away with so much more that way.
he Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger

A small-town girl fresh out of an Ivy League college, Andrea Sachs is delighted when she is hired for her dream job as assistant to Miranda Priestly, the successful, high-profile editor of Runway magazine, one of the world's premier fashion publications, until she discovers that she has been hired by the boss from hell.
Savage Girl
 
by Jean Zimmerman

Allegedly raised by wolves in the wilds of Nevada and adopted by a wealthy Manhattan couple that wants to civilize her, 18-year-old Bronwyn explosively enters high society and is implicated in the deaths of several suitors.
 
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