5 Mysteries and Thrillers Where Women Flip the Script and Kill
In both life and crime fiction, killers are more likely, expected even, to be men. Women can be under-estimated when it comes to crimes of a violent nature. This makes them all the more dangerous and all the more effective, as they can use the element of surprise to their advantage.
In my book, A Serial Killer’s Guide to Marriage, only male victims die at the hands of vigilante power couple Haze and Fox. They might be serial killers but they’re ones with a conscience – they only kill bad men. Haze knows her brand of feminism might be a little more niche but she’s doing what she can to make the world safer for women. ‘While there were women out there in public, demonstrating and shouting #metoo, I was hiding in the shadows, killing and whispering #youtoo.’ She doesn’t try and use her words to make her point, she uses her knives.
Books where women take the lead as murderers, not murder victims, show how dark, depraved and deadly the ‘fairer’ sex can really be. Here are five more novels featuring female killers with scores to settle.
She’s used to killing men, not having crushes on them. Seeing an accomplished confident killer struggle with the stress of ‘but does he like me?’ helps enamour us to sassy Saffy, and you’ll soon be both rooting for her to both get her man, and to keep getting away with killing the bad ones.
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Now, they’re just another mom-and-dad-and-baby. They gave up vigilante justice for life in the suburbs: arranged play dates instead of body disposals, diapers over daggers, mommy conversations instead of the sweet seduction right before a kill.
Hazel finds her new life terribly dull. And the more she forces herself to play her monotonous, predictable role, the more she begins to feel that murderous itch again.
Meanwhile, Fox has really taken to being a father. Always the planner, he loves being five steps ahead of everyone and knowing exactly what’s coming around the bend. Plus, if anyone can understand Hazel needing one more kill, it’s Fox. But then Hazel kills someone without telling Fox. And when police show up at their door, Hazel realizes it will take everything she has to keep her family together.
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