Old Cleave should have known better than to use a whip. But no man ever knew what Beth would do. Her father suspected that she enjoyed killing. Her husband learned the truth too late. And I saw it happen. Saw her and wanted her, and understood least of all. First published in 1951, the Lady Kills is spread out across years, with a newspaperman, a gambler, a young boy, the woman they all loved, and the special way she treats her lovers. Special, and deadly.