Femmes Fatales: The G-String Murders (Hardcover)

from EmScape

Someone is murdering strippers with their own G-strings! Gypsy Rose Lee, author, stripper, and amateur detective is on the case, mostly to try to keep from being murdered herself. The cast of characters are also the cast of the theatre, as well as other employees, and they are quite the colorful ...

from MinaKelly

Though the burlesque venue is new, the set up is not. People are being bumped off, and the majority of the cast have motives. The same story could be told in an old country house, and funnily enough has. Gypsy Rose Lee explores the mechanics of burlesque very well; her experience is evident in ev...

from DeltaQueen50

[The G-String Murders] was written by Gypsy Rose Lee, burlesque queen of the 1940s who became a well known American celebrity. Although not formally educated, she was one “smart cookie” and managed to build upon her fame with acting, writing and television appearances. She is probably best rememb...

from clfisha

Written by "intelligent stripper" Gypsy Rose Lee The G String Murders became a salacious best seller in 1940's. Vividly set in the deliciously seedy world of burlesque this is a crime story to read for its perspective. Don't get me wrong the plots fine and it edges into tense, creepiness towards ...

from SlySionnach

I am a big fan of burlesque so having a novel based in a burlesque theater by a burlesque star? Fantastic! A noir/pulp novel? Woo! The book, while good, was not great. But I didn't go into it expecting it to be amazing. I went into it to be entertained. And entertained I was. The characters, whil...