Missing by Amy Alessio, Barbra Annino, Regan Black, Luisa Buehler, Rebe (2009) Paperback

by Amy Alessio, Regan Black, Luisa Buehler

During 2007, 814,967 missing person records were entered into the National Crime Information Center's Database. In 2009, a mysterious gathering of authors present MISSING. Proceeds from all sales of this book will benefit the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

340 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 2009

About the author

Amy Alessio is an award-winning librarian with a black belt in karate. She writes librarian reference books, including the co-authored Pop Culture Programs (ALA 2018). Her fiction includes the bestselling Alana O'Neill mysteries with vintage recipes. She also writes paranormal romance under a pseudonym. She teaches young adult literature and webinars on book trends and social media. She enjoys helping authors find readers through her work at an author assistant and she is a romance reviewer for Booklist. http://www.amyalessio.com.

Reviews

[Patty · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a collection of short stories in a variety of genre's. There is mystery, romance, historical and science fiction. With that kind of mixed bag it is to be expected that I didn't like all the stories. I thought the Science Fiction was mostly stupid and the romance and the historical didn't have enough time to truly develop so seemed to end very abruptly (also a hazard of the short story). Still, there were several stories that were very well done and I enjoyed them.

[Doranna Durgin · Rating 3 out of 5]

A collection with a great kick-off theme, comprised of stories of wildly varying craft. Susan Muira, JA Konrath/Henry Perez, and Mary Welk were the stand-out authors for me--Muira for the affecting nature of the story in spite of first person/present tense, Welk for the original and intriguing nature of her missing person mystery, and Konrath/Perez simply because they clearly had fun combining their worlds and it shows.

[Nick Valentino · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful collection of stories and for a great cause!