Crimes by Women #10

Jean Terry, daughter of Will Terry, has sworn a blood vendetta against three men—Jerry Cooley, Went Terry, and Jeff—who murdered her father on the frontier. Armed with a Bowie knife and her father's teachings, she hunts them across Hightop Valley as the "Knife Woman," staying one step ahead of the sheriff and his posse determined to stop her reign of vengeance. But as Jean closes in on her final target, the line between justice and murder grows dangerously thin, and the law may not be the only force standing against her.

Clare Mangin, a calculating and ruthless woman from Wichita, devises an elaborate scheme to seduce wealthy men, marry them, and collect their life insurance—using a deadly method that shocks the nation. As she moves from victim to victim across multiple states, carefully selecting her targets and crafting her false identities, Clare's dark pattern of manipulation and murder begins to unravel when her past catches up with her in unexpected ways.

For a girl born in the slums with nothing but hunger and ambition, Lila Horne discovers that money—and the criminal underworld that promises it—is the only thing worth pursuing. When she becomes entangled with Manny Byrd's gambling operation and begins using her wits to swindle and eliminate anyone standing between her and wealth, she earns a fearsome reputation as someone willing to betray anyone, even those closest to her. But in the criminal underworld, survival means staying ahead of those who'd gladly eliminate you first.