Dorothy B Hughes

(August 10th, 1904 – May 6th, 1993)

Dorothy Belle Hughes (née Flanagan) was an American crime novelist, literary critic, and historian. She is primarily known for her hardboiled and noir novels.

Dorothy B Hughes is a book author.

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Women Crime Writers

Charlotte Armstrong, Dolores Hitchens, Dorothy B Hughes, Elizabeth Sanxay Holding, Helen Eustis, Margaret Millar, Patricia Highsmith, Vera Caspary
Wartime Contemporary Post-War American Crime Noir

Even the whitest of picket fences can hide a twisting darkness. And that very pressure could itself serve as one of the most complex themes of noir — that of dreams deferred and decisions made with extreme regret.

Crime Novels: Thrillers from the 1960s Part 1

Charles Williams, Dan J Marlowe, Donald Edwin Westlake, Dorothy B Hughes, Fredric Brown
Contemporary American Crime Noir

Readers begin to ask the question — what happens when your job is crime? What happens when people decide to make money ‘the easy way’?