Irreconcilable Differences

by Lia Matera (editor / contributor), Martin Greenberg

A collection of twenty original crime stories includes contributions by Edna Buchanan, Jeffrey Deaver, Jeremiah Healy, Laurie R. King, Margaret Maron, Joyce Carol Oates, and many others.

Genres: Mystery, Short Stories, Fiction, Anthologies

368 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 1999

About the author

Lia Matera is a graduate of Hastings College of the Law, where she was editor in chief of the Constitutional Law Quarterly. She was also a Teaching Fellow at Stanford Law School before becoming a full-time writer of legal mysteries. Prior Convictions and A Radical Departure were nominated for Edgar Allan Poe awards. The Good Fight and Where Lawyers Fear to Tread were nominated for Anthony and Macavity Awards. She has written nine novels, including the critically acclaimed Face Value. Matera lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Reviews

[Brandy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reread this. Some of the stories are good. Many are not. Disappointing.

[Cat. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sounds like it's about divorce, and some of the stories are, but many aren't. I especially liked Jan Burke's, set in Jane Austen's frame, Amanda Cross's about a hypocritical biography/memoir that crosses a publisher's desk, and John Lutz's, about a football star who stutters and is the key witness in a murder. But they were all good, which is unusual in an anthology.

[Les · Rating 4 out of 5]

The stories cover quite a variety of styles. Some didn't seem like actual mysteries to me, but they all were very good. This is an excellent book to have around when you want to read something but only have a little time.