num_pages: 224
description: Stewart O'Nan is one of the most highly acclaimed fiction writers of his generation, selected by Granta as one of the Best Young American Novelists and hailed by The New York Times as "a master." Grove Press is proud to reissue his haunting noir novel The Speed Queen. The Speed Queen is the gripping story of a twisted love triangle's drug-fueled killing spree across the desert plains, told in the voice of Oklahoma death-row inmate Marjorie Standiford, who is recounting her experiences for a best-selling horror writer researching the murders. It's a chilling, unputdownable crime novel in the tradition of James M. Cain -- a voyage into the dark soul of the American West.
language: English
title: The Speed Queen
titlecomplete: The Speed Queen
genres: 20th Century, Crime, Literary Fiction, Novels, Thriller, Noir, Mystery Thriller, Fiction, Horror, Mystery
ratings_count: 1253
publisher: Grove Press