The Song Is You

Name: The Song Is You
Author: Megan Abbott

by Megan Abbott

Hollywood noir novella exploring desire, betrayal, and criminal obsession in 1950s LA

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Megan Abbott

Megan Abbott is an American crime writer whose early novels were explicit homages to classic noir fiction, while her later work created a unique genre of suburban Gothic focused on female competition, obsession, and violence. Die a Little and The Song Is You reinvented classic noir from a female perspective. Her novel Dare Me was adapted into a television series.

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