Mammoth Book of Short Crime Novels

by Bill Pronzini

Genres: Short Stories

547 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

Mystery Writers of America Awards "Grand Master" 2008
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1999) for Boobytrap
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1998) for A Wasteland of Strangers
Shamus Awards Best Novel nominee (1997) for Sentinels
Shamus Awards "The Eye" (Lifetime achievment award) 1987
Shamus Awards Best Novel winner (1982) for Hoodwink

Married to author Marcia Muller.

Pseudonyms:
Robert Hart Davis (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Jack Foxx
William Jeffrey (collaboration with Jeffrey M. Wallmann)
Alex Saxon

Reviews

[Kingfan30 · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a collection of 12 short crime stories. I enjoyed Introducing Susan Dare (by Mignon Eberhart), The Murder Machine (by Hugh Pentecost), The Bearded Lady (by Ross MacDonald), Storm (by Ed McBain) and Booktaker (by Bill Pronzini).
I found Nightmare (by Cornell Woolrich) quite creepy and an unusual story. Imagine waking up after a dream to find evidence that it might have been real!
I thought the best story was Don't Look Now by Daphne Du Maurier which is a tale of psychic events in Venice. I could not put the book down until I had finished this one. It really does get you thinking for a while.

[Peter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Anthology of 12 Crime 'masterpieces'.
Great collection of Classic noir crime novels.