A mystery set in the underworld of burlesque theater in 1941, The G-String Murders draws from the larger-than-life experiences of the legendary queen of the striptease. When one performer is found strangled with a g-string, no one is above suspicion. The cops face off with the theater’s tough-talking guys, and it’s clear that Gypsy will have to crack the case herself. The basis of the 1943 film Lady of Burlesque starring Barbara Stanwyck, The G-String Murders was the first of two murder mysteries written by Gypsy Rose Lee.

“Recommended for the readers who feel better when their eyebrows are raised.”

—New Yorker

“A rich and lusty job, brimming over with infectious vitality and a hilarious jargon of her own.”

—Life

“Lurid, witty. . . rich show business vocabulary and stage door gags make her book almost a social document. The G-String Murders builds up to a hair-raising climax.”

—Time

MOTHER FINDS A BODY

Gypsy Rose Lee

Foreword by Erik Lee Preminger

eISBN: 9781558618022 | ISBN: 9781558618015

A sexy, hard-boiled murder mystery by America’s most famous burlesque entertainer, this steamy sequel to The G-String Murders, Gypsy Rose Lee’s noir thriller, reads as if it’s ripped from her own diary pages. When her mother finds a dead body in Gypsy’s honeymoon trailer, Gypsy realizes that no one is who they seem to be and everyone is worthy of suspicion.

“Pure ozone to those tired of ordinary oxygen.”

—New Yorker

“One of the greatest mysteries ever written.”

—Philadelphia Daily News

“Our most famous burlesque queen may raise the temperature with a strip tease, but she chills the blood when she goes into her detective routine.”

—Boston Post

GYPSY ROSE LEE (1911–1970) was the most famous burlesque performer and striptease artist of her day, renowned as much for her witty repartee as for removing her clothes. Born Louise Hovick in Seattle, Washington, Lee first performed with her sister on the vaudeville circuit, eventually landing star billing at a top New York City burlesque theater. In 1937 she moved to Hollywood and went on to appear in twelve films and her own television show. A regular contributor to the New Yorker, Lee published two novels, and her memoir, Gypsy (1957), which became the inspiration for the hugely popular Broadway musical, Gypsy: A Musical Fable and the 1962 film starring Rosalind Russell and Natalie Wood.

THE GIRLS IN 3-B

Valerie Taylor

Afterword by Lisa Walker

eISBN: 9781558617629 | ISBN: 9781558614567

Annice, Barby, and Pat are the girls in 3-B, three young women straight out of high school who leave their hometowns and land in the big city. In 1950s Chicago, they find refuge and danger. Encounters with predatory beatnik men, workplace drama, and lesbian trysts—the girls grow up quickly in this explosive melodrama about sexual identity and female friendship.

“The Girls in 3-B will give you a sense of the dangers and delights of passion between women in another era. . . . Valerie Taylor’s much-loved story has achieved well-deserved classic status in the lesbian pulp canon.”

—Ann Bannon, author of Odd Girl Out