A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion A Novel Author:Ron Hansen Now in paperback, a novel based on the sensational 1926 Snyder/Gray murder case that inspired countless classics, from Double Indemnity to The Postman Always Rings Twice. The National Book Award finalist for Atticus and author of the widely celebrated The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford delivers a tour de force: a stunning... more » historical novels laced with erotic tension and looming violence. A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion is based on a true story of the era and portrays Ruth Snyder, a promiscuous, reckless, and irresistible woman trapped in a loveless marriage, who not only wishes to escape her husband but wants him dead?and the sooner the better. No less miserable in his own marriage, Judd Gray, a dapper corset and brassiere salesman, meets Ruth in a Manhattan speakeasy and a torrid affair results. As the relationship intensifies, Ruth increasingly insists that Judd should kill her husband. What results is a thrilling exposition of the police investigation, even as Ruth and Judd attempt to escape prosecution, and a final reckoning of both of them that lays bare the horror and sorrow of what they have done. Powerfully written and artfully constructed, this impossible-to-put-down novel marks the return of ?one of our finest novelists? (Entertainment Weekly).« less
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