I just saw a trailer for "Widows" the movie, to be released in November 2018. Coincidence: I was almost done reading the book. Lynda LaPlante's all-girl heist novel was penned in the 1980s--before LaPlante's stunning Prime Suspect television series starring Helen Mirren--and, anticipating the film, has just been released in paperback in the U.S. There are no cell phones in the novel, nor do people go around shooting each other. This is England, after all, and it forces the author to get creative when she decides to knock someone off. The book develops the characters of three women left widowed when their bank robber husbands die in a vehicle explosion. Dolly Rawlins, the ring leader Harry's middle-aged widow, decides to honor her husband by recreating his final robbery that was derailed because of the explosion, and enlists widows Linda Perelli and Shirley Miller to join her. As the small band plans their heist, using Harry's notes to guide them, Bella is invited to join them as the missing "fourth man" from the original attempted robbery. The fourth man becomes a major focus of the novel, as the women bitch, fight, rehearse, and slap each other in preparation. Lest we worry that things are too girlie-girl, the action takes a vicious turn when a couple of people close to the action wind up dead. The final third of the book is roller coaster ride, and will keep you awake with the best of them! Can't wait to see the movie.