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  1. Jun 5, 2007 · Edgar-finalist Abbott (Die a Little) delivers a sharp, slender, hardboiled tale of a protégé's schooling by a notorious, been-there-done-that moll. The first time the unnamed 22-year-old female narrator lays eyes on Gloria Denton, her first thought is I want the legs.

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  2. “In the sly and stylish Queenpin, Megan Abbott gives a feminine spin to hard- boiled crime, crafting a tale of grifters and their marks.“ — Sandra Kent, Boston Herald “Edgar-finalist Abbott delivers a sharp, slender, hardboiled tale of a protégé’s schooling by a notorious, been-there-done-that moll...

  3. Jan 1, 2007 · Queenpin. Megan Abbott. 3.75. 4,803 ratings500 reviews. A young woman hired to keep the books at a down-at-the-heels nightclub is taken under the wing of the infamous Gloria Denton, a mob luminary who reigned during the Golden Era of Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano.

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  4. May 15, 2021 · A young woman hired to keep the books at a down-at-the-heels nightclub is taken under the wing of the infamous Gloria Denton, a mob luminary who reigned during the Golden Era of Bugsy Siegel and Lucky Luciano.

  5. "Classy, daring, and alluringly amoral, Abbott's portrayal of a woman desperate for the "good life" illuminates the deep motives of a femme fatale, as she chooses tough over soft and pleasure within pain in order to satisfy her thrill-seeking personality in an era when opportunities are scarce.

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    • June 05, 2007
  6. Queenpin: A Novel - Ebook written by Megan Abbott. Read this book using Google Play Books app on your PC, android, iOS devices. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes...

  7. Queenpin: A classic story of underworld greed and betrayal, introducing a mesmerising and compelling unreliable narrator ... Megan Abbott. Simon and Schuster, Dec 6, 2010 - Fiction - 192...

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