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Marjorie Standiford has quite a story to tell. And on the eve of her execution for a sensational murder spree, she's giving every detail, just as she remembers them, to the famous novelist who has come to record it all. Of course, Marjorie contends that she didn't do any killing. That was all Lamont, her boyfriend, and Natalie, their girlfriend, while Marjorie got high and took care of the baby. But she was in it just the same, careening across the desert plains of Oklahoma, fueled by lust, crime, cars, drugs-speed in all its forms. The Speed Queen is the story of a terrifying voyage into the dark soul of America's Heartland.
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"Hypnotic . . . Features and unfailing intelligence, a grim and bracing humor, an unblinking eye for telling detail."
The New York Times Book Review
"A sexy, breathless, and pitch-perfect tale . . . An unabashed roller coaster of a book . . . Marjorie is a character straight out of a David Lynch film, realistic and unsentimental, creepy and bizarre."
Detour
"I liked The Speed Queen so much I went back and bought five or six copies to send to everyone I know. The conceit is ingenious and the book is beautifully executed. I wish I'd written it."
Sue Grafton