Hellcats, Vixens, & Vicedolls: Women, Crime, and Kink of the Fifties [Paperback]

Various (Author), David Jacobs (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 9, 2007

SEX FOR SALE!

We are the savage sisterhood of 1950s crime. Society tells us to be "good girls", marry as virgins and raise up a mess of kids. We say, "Wise up!" We know the facts of life that you've got to use what you've got to get ahead. Men are after us for one thing only, SEX -- and they must pay for their pleasures. Don't be fooled by our soft words and sweet smiles; with us, the meter is always running. Anyone gets in our way, man, woman, or child, we get rid of them - Permanently!

FATAL FEMMES

Wives, mothers, sweethearts, daughters any of us can and will turn killer in a heartbeat. Among us are dope-crazed addicts, homicidal housewives, vicious blackmailers, bone-crushing Amazons, axe-murderesses, switchblade-wielding gang girls, and many more. These are our stories. The trouble is, no matter how beautiful, cunning and deadly we are, our final destination is a prison cell or death chamber. But we sure look good getting there!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"In Hellcats, Vixens, & Vice Dolls, David Jacobs, noted true crime author of The Mafia's Greatest Hits and Sex Sadists: From The Files Of True Detective Magazine, poses the question, "Which is the deadlier of the species, the female or the male?" in his new collection of true crime tales of mid-century mayhem, USA.

"And what he unearths is an estrogen-fueled fetish feast of wasted lives, wanton sex and senseless violence. Featured are fifty femme fatales from the 1950s so hardboiled that their reckless exploits will leave any true crime reader with the sensation of being worked over with a sack of nickels!" -- NY Book Time

"HELLCATS, VIXENS AND VICE DOLLS is a fetish feast. Lusty lasses looking to light their Luckies. Bettie Page's freaky first cousin, the one she only sees during the summer and just got out of Juvie. Bound to give you an unbathed bullet-bra boner, va-va-Van Doren style!" -- Michael Benson, author of HOOKED UP FOR MURDER: First You Party, Then You Die

Product Details

• Paperback: 362 pages
• Publisher: Idea Men Productions (April 9, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419628275
• ISBN-13: 978-1419628276
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,958,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I am the author of over three dozen works of fiction and non-fiction, including The Mafia's Greatest Hits, The Complete Idiots Guide to the FBI, and Snakes on a Plane: The Complete Quote Book.

Other non-fiction titles include The Shield: Notes From The Barn - The Elite Strike Team Files, Best of Court TV Volumes I-IV, and the western Big Iron.

I am also a longtime member of the Mystery Writers of America.

In 2006, I founded a new publishing company, Idea Men Productions (IMP)- a media company dedicated to spearheading a new wave of mass marketing entertainment.

IMP Titles include: The Crime Doctor, The Monster of Frankenstein, The Zombie Factory, Klan Ku Klux Klan: America's First Terrorists Exposed, Tales of Terror, and Hellcats, Vixens, & Vicedolls: Women, Crime, and Kink of the Fifties.

Be on the lookout for some of my new projects for 2008 including: Convicts, Jailbirds and Reform School Girls: Crime and Punishment in the 1950's and Hoodlums, Hopheads and Hepcats: Rogue Males of 1950's Crime.

For both old and new fans alike, I promise a wild ride for the year including new visions of true crime, military intrigue and horror - so stay tuned!

David Jacobs
2008

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars HELL hath FURY !!!, November 15, 2007

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Robert (Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hellcats, Vixens, & Vicedolls: Women, Crime, and Kink of the Fifties (Paperback)

These femme fatales of the 1950's have their marching orders...to lie, cheat, steal, seduce and manipulate to get what they deserve - which is anything and everything they can get their greedy little mitts on!

These true stories show the reader the darker side of women in the 1950's - where these hard-boiled criminals stalk in the shadows, some first making the appearance of a sweet little kitten, but eventually all let their the claws cut people in their way to ribbons!

A great book for any fan of true crime noir!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bad Girls Done Right!, May 16, 2007

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S. Michael Wilson "A Strange Hero to a Select... (Phillipsburg, NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hellcats, Vixens, & Vicedolls: Women, Crime, and Kink of the Fifties (Paperback)

Bad girls and tough dames have always been a cornerstone of crime drama both in print and on the big screen. While that truth has held fast throughout the years, never were the girls so gritty and dangerous as they were in the fifties, and this book is living proof of that.

This collection of stories ripped right of the scandal rags of the fifties is sure to please any fan of the hardcore sleaze writing that most modern authors can only attempt to emulate. A must read, to say the least.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 50 tales of blood and lust, October 7, 2007

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Shelby (usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hellcats, Vixens, & Vicedolls: Women, Crime, and Kink of the Fifties (Paperback)

From the repressed 1950s (playground of the alpha male) come hardboiled tales of desperate and abused women pushed to their breaking point by a series of rough men and unfortunate events. Striking back at society with the only weapon they know (a gun, frying pan, saw, knife or sex), their criminal deeds do not go unpunished. Prison, the death chamber, or the morgue awaits all hellcats, vixens and vice dolls that cut a bloody path through 1950s' crime.