Kelley focuses on women writers of murder mysteries and tells us about the authors that she has particularly enjoyed and recommends. Starting with her childhood summer spent in Wolcott, Indiana where she read Anne Katherine Green’s The Filigree Ball, she explicates the different nuances of mystery writing. There are “cozies” and “hard core” thrillers, and the author highlights their different effects on readers, and the elements of their styles. She posits that murder books written by women are more psychologically aware than those written by men. Agatha Christie, P.D. James, and Janet Evanovich are highlighted.