Deal with the Devil and Other Stories

by Maxine O'Callaghan

Author of one of the first female private eye series, award-winning author Maxine O'Callaghan presents a collection that showcases her versatility, with five Delilah West stories, two stories featuring elderly hit-woman Emma Hartley, and seven more -- two of which are published here for the first time. — Stories include: —

A change of clients
Bad news
Deal with the devil
Diamonds are for never
Somewhere south of Melrose
The sweet old lady who sits in the park
It takes one to kill one
Sorry, Frank
An insignificant crime
Exit
Wolf winter
Is you is or is you ain't Miranda?
Survival instinct
Black is the color of my true love's heart

158 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2001

About the author

Received the Shamus Award, "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) in 1999.

Aka Marissa Owens

Reviews

[A. Mickey Perkins · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book mostly sucks. But three of the stories were good enough to drag my rating up from one star to two. Read “Sorry, Frank”, “An Insignificant Crime”, and “Black Is The Color Of My True Love’s Heart.” Leave the rest.

[Joanne Pollock · Rating 3 out of 5]

its decent...not mind blowing but for the $2 I paid for it, it was ok. the stories are quick and amusing enough to have gotten me through a boring road trip.