Sisters in Crime 3

by Marilyn Wallace (Editor), Mary Jo Adamson (Contributor), Gabrielle Kraft (Contributor)

Following the national success of Sisters in Crime 1 and 2, this third anthology features today's top storytellers. Included are twenty-one tales to chill the blood, tickle the fancy, and challenge the skills of criminal detection! "Outstanding!"--Publishers Weekly.

Genres: Mystery, Short Stories, Anthologies, Mystery Thriller, Crime

324 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published August 1, 1990

About the author

Marilyn Weiss Wallace's first novel, A Case of Loyalties, won the Macavity Award for Best First Novel in 1986. Her second, Primary Target, was nominated for an Anthony Award. She is also the editor of the Sisters in Crime anthologies, which have won Anthony, Macavity, and American Mystery Awards. Current Danger is her seventh novel. She lives in New York City.

Reviews

[Marcia]

This is a collection of mystery short stories by the leading female writers in the 1990's. I was not familiar with most of them. The stories were fascinating. A couple were ok, but the majority were very well written and interesting. I like to read collections of short stories to introduce myself to new authors. This volume has certainly done that!

[Polina Weisman]

recommended by group, as a light detective

[Sheela Word]

3 1/2 stars. Good collection of mystery-suspense stories by female authors. All were entertaining, but the plots of some were a little out there. Two unrelated strangers look exactly alike and change places? A colloquial phrase is so completely misunderstood that a killing ensues? A man's vicious dog terrorizes his neighbors, but not one of them calls the cops? Also, a couple of the stories made me uncomfortable by implying that murder is justified if the victim is a bad person.

One story was exceptionally good: "The Man Who Loved His Wife," by Janet LaPierre. Horrifying and psychologically realistic. Makes me shudder to think of it.

[Dolly]

Interesting compilation of crime stories written by women. I enjoyed this book and would be interested in reading others in the series.

[Stephy]

Mystery stories written by popular authors; Braun, Kellerman, Paretsky, Biederman and so on. Edited by Marilyn Wallace. Nice collection. Good travel read.

[Victoria]

I liked more than half of the stories and would/will read more.