The year's finest in short crime fiction Including Oates, Deaver, Block, Perry, Muller, and Connelly.
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reviews
Nov 02, 2008
Matt
rated it: 
Just to clarify: I do not read many crime dramas and/or mysteries. Still, this looked interesting, and the library was about to close -- so I picked it up. What I found was, at least to me (a self-professed critic of the genre) was very much hit-or-miss. Some of the stories really shine -- Doug Allyn's Dead as a Dog, Jeffrey Deaver's Making Amends, and Sandra Scoppettone's Everybody Loves Somebody are all spectacular -- but I wouldn't wade through the collection again.
Aug 11, 2011
I really liked this book, but I thought maybe one (or two) stories were more in the "horror" genre than "crime", but hey, whatever works :) Good read anyway! :)
Aug 20, 2008
Tom
rated it: 
Kind of a mixed bag, and it's definitely "light reading", but there are quite a few interesting stories. Many of these stories originally appeared in "mystery magazines" and have a certain breezy conversational tone, typical of such publications, that gets a bit repetitious. Three stars seems meager, and I enjoyed the book more than that, but I save 4/5 * for more "serious" works <g>.
Jul 07, 2008
Mei
rated it: 
I'm a huge fan of short story anthologies, and lately I've been devouring mystery/crime fiction. This collection has some really great stories.
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