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Weird Detectives: Recent Investigations

by Paula Guran

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David Caldwell said: "I am not reading the stories in any particular order.Just picking ones that I think I can read in the time I have, so I am just going to review the stories as I read them and then will give my overall review once I am finished.There are 23 stories in...more I am not reading the stories in any particular order.Just picking ones that I think I can read in the time I have, so I am just going to review the stories as I read them and then will give my overall review once I am finished.There are 23 stories in this collection.I do like the format of the stories.At the beginging of each story you are given a setup for the case and who the investigators are.At the end you get a brief author's note.I prefer the author note being attached to the story to the usual list at the end of the book since it makes it easier to connect them that way.

1.The Key by Ilsa J. Bick. A police detective in Washington,D.C. has to try and solve a murder of a baby with bizarre religious overtones while dealing with the suicide of her former partner.
2.Deal Breaker by Justin Gustainis. Occult investigator, Quincy Morris,has to help a man who thinks he sold his soul in exchange for success.
3.The Beast of Glamis by William Meikle.Carnacki uses his electrical pentacle and othertools to deal with a bogle in a Scottish Laird's castle.
4.The Maltese Unicorn by Caitlan R. Kiernan. This is a wonderful mix of noir and fantasy set in 1930s New York.Definitely not one for the kiddies though.
5.The Necromancer's Appentice by Lillian Stewart Carl. The apprentice to a famous necromancer has to walk a thin line between heresy and helping a favored lord to the queen when rumors of his involvement in his wife's death casts him from her favor.The best bits are the insults.
6.The Case of the Stalking Shadow by Joe R. Lansdale. Dana Roberts first case.A mysterious shadow seems to be connected to a strange tree.Truly creepy sory.
7.Sherlock Holmes and the Diving Bell by Simon Clark.Sherlock and Watson invesigate an immortal creature on the sea floor.Did not work as a Sherlock Holmes story for me.
8.Mortal Bait by Richard Bowes. An aging private eye gets mixed up as a pawn in a game played by the Fey and Elves.Very nice story.
9.Imposters by Sarah Monette. Something supernatural is causing people to question their own identities. I would like to see more of these invesigators.
10.Like Part of the Family by Jonathan Mayberry. A woman turns to a P.I. when her husband can't accept that their marriage is over. A predictable but fun story. Great main character.
11.Fox Tails by Richard Parks. A story of fox demons set in feudal Japan. Fox demons seem to be the "new" paranormal creature.This story gave me deja vu (must have seen it somewhere before).
12.Cryptic Coloration by Elizabeth Bear. Three co-eds decide to investigate their college professor who seems to be more than he at first appears. Another great main character.
13.The Adakian Eagle by Bradley Denton. An interesting tale set in the Aleutian Islands during World War II. Pop (it took me much too long to guess who he really was considering all of the clues given) and an unnamed private have to investigate the murder of a navy man with a little magical help. Very nice addition to the collection.(less)"

Jun 17, 2013 06:46pm · see review

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