Women on the Edge

by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), Loren D. Estleman (Contributor), Ed Gorman (Contributor)

She had it all. She was known throughout ultra-chic designer circles as Alix, the hottest American fashion model in all of Paris. Women envied her dazzling success. Men worshipped her streamlined beauty.But only one man had the power to expose her darkest secrets...It began with the chilling nightly calls. It ended in the glittering decadence of the city s most exclusive after-hours clubs, where sex, drugs and even love could be bought for the right price. And where Alix traded one mans vengeful threats for another man's hungry desires...

Genres: Mystery, Anthologies, Short Stories

304 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1992

About the author

Martin Harry Greenberg was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies and commissioned over 8,200 original short stories. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books. In addition, he was a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel.

For the 1950s anthologist and publisher of Gnome Press, see Martin Greenberg.

Reviews

[Terryann Saint · Rating 4 out of 5]

Liked many of them, "The Runaway" is a nice ghost story, "The Case of the Pietro Andromache" is a classic "Who done it", "Betrayed" is classic John D. MacDonald, and many of the others give you nice creepy tingles or frissons occasionally. "The Reason Why" made me wonder if I should attend my upcoming High School Reunion. "House Call" is one of those that has that nice dark humor at the end..leaves quite an image. "Marble Mildred" has quite the take on a love gone...well, quite wrong. "Black Wind" is short and sweet and lets your imagination run quite nicely at the end. "Death's Brother" is worthy of a Hitchcock episode. "Afraid All the Time" was quite chilling, with quite a nice twist at the end. Made me check the locks on the doors and windows. The last, "Deceptions" has quite a nice chase scene at the end. All in all, satisfying.

[James S. · Rating 3 out of 5]

A decent anthology with a few interesting stories:

5s - none
4s - "House Call" by the underrated Howard Browne; "I'm In The Book" by Loren Estleman; "Black Wind" by Bill Pronzini; and the best story in the book, the totally unpredictable "Afraid All The Time" by Nancy Pickard.

Honorable mention: "The Reason Why" by Ed Gorman.

Overall score (individual story score/# of stories): 2.75.

[Ch J Loveall · Rating 2 out of 5]

Author quest continues. Yes, this, too, is an anthology. Sara Paretsky, Barbara Michaels only.