Bury Me Deep by Megan Abbott

In ten words or less: Naive woman is lured to dark side of life; all suffer.

Review: Edgar Award winning author Abbott tells the story of Marion Seeley, a young woman left to fend for herself in Phoenix. Dr. Seeley, Marion's husband, is in Mexico seeking treatment for his drug addiction, which has cost him his medical license. This has happened before, and he always returns to the drugs.
Marion has a job in a medical clinic, where she meets Louise, an outgoing, fun-loving nurse, and her sickly roommate Ginny. Until now, Marion has led a quiet life, but the two party girls draw the shy Marion into their world of parties, music, booze, and men--mostly married men.
Although she disapproves, Marion likes the girls. They then introduce her to Joe Lanigan, handsome, charming, a successful and connected businessman with an invalid wife. Marion finds that she is drawn deeper and deeper into a world that she doesn't understand, but can't say no--not to Joe Lanigan.
This noir tale is based on the true story of Winnie Ruth Judd, the notorious trunk murderess from the 1950s.

Why bother? Megan Abbott draws the reader in to the world of 1931--the world of narcotics, women living on the edge of the law, single women trying to keep afloat in the days of the Depression. The dark, grimy side of society is vividly drawn--as you read you're busily plotting how to buy a bus ticket out of town.