Combines women's issues with suspenseful plots in a collection of mystery stories featuring women detectives, amateur sleuths, cops, journalists, and spies--including contributions from Amanda Cross, Sharyn McCrumb, Joan Hess, Marcis Muller, Ruth Rendell, and several emerging new writers.
Cynthia Manson is a literary agent, formerly Director of Marketing at Davis Publications, publishers of Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazines. She has also edited several anthologies.
A good assortment of stories, like a box of chocolates not all delightful, but every one palatable. Some were clever, some funny, no horrific violence. A great book to have for times when a short story satisfies. It was the second of at least 3 collections. Three stars seems an honest rating. Above avg for the most part.