INTRODUCTION
Leigh Redhead is a crime writer, noir scholar and femme fatale and thus eminently qualified to answer the question that has vexed philosophers and scientists for thousands of years: Is the female of the species, in fact, deadlier than the male? Dr Redhead lives in Melbourne and, when she’s not coercing her latest spouse to sign insurance papers, she enjoys double-crossing her lovers and fleeing to Mexico with all the cash.