Wisteria Lane has nothing on these grandest dames of mystery.....In the expert hands of two of the mystery world's top storytellers, being a housewife takes on a whole new meaning. These two never-before-published stories by Nevada Barr and Sara Paretsky, exploring the dark side of the housewife psyche, are guaranteed to delight. Caution: These stories are meant to be listened to alone while sipping a glass of wine. Do not operate a motor vehicle or handle any kind of weapon for one hour after reading. Guaranteed to raise your blood pressure and your craving for revenge. Batteries not included.

Sara Paretsky (b. June 8, 1947 in Ames, Iowa) is contemporary American author of detective fiction. Paretsky was raised in Kansas. She graduated from the University of Kansas with a dregree in political science and then a Ph. D. in history, and finally earned an MBA from the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business. She has lived in Chicago ever since. Nevada Barr was born in the small western town of Yerington, Nevada and raised on a mountain airport in the Sierras. Both her parents were pilots and mechanics and her sister. Molly, continued the tradition by becoming a pilot for USAir. Neveda is currently working on the fourteenth in the Anna Pigeon series.