In a Lonely Place

I read this on kindle in Library of America's Women Crime Writers of the 1940s. I had questions about certain things in the text though, so also borrowed this NYRB edition from the library, so am reviewing it singly here.

I wasn't sure what to think of this. It read quickly and I didn't like Dix, but I had really liked The Expendable Man and... expected more I guess? The afterword to this edition though helped me make better sense of it all. You couldn't have the afterword as a sort of introduction, but I do wish I'd had more context going in. I'll be generous and give it the benefit of the afterword and go with four stars. I'll still try more Hughes I'm sure.