Modern life seems to have a soundtrack for everything. Even crime.CRIME + MUSIC: The Sounds of Noir, collects twenty darkly intense, music-related noir stories by world-renowned mystery authors Brendan DuBois, Alison Gaylin, Craig Johnson, David Liss, Val McDermid, Gary Phillips, Peter Robinson and,...
This is what I've finished so far:"Grave Matter - A Mike Hammer Story" - Max Allan Collins and Mickey Spillane This was a fairly amusing story. Though there wasn't much of a point to me.
This is a very mixed bag of stories, all clever and all interesting. These take a twist on the stories of fairy tale, taking a more crime oriented look at these stories. Many of them are clever and interesting but some of them are a litle laboured, trying to twist the story a little too much to fi...
Otto Penzler and a slew of writers give their thoughts on Robert B. Parker and his ground-breaking detective, Spenser.I grabbed this off of Netgalley. Thank you, Netgalley!Penzler and the gang (Ace AtkinsLawrence Block, Reed Farrel Coleman, Max Allan Collins, Matthew Clemens, Brendan DuBois, Loren ...
Dahlia Underground by Charlaine Harris: ★★A vampire who felt nothing but contempt towards humans learns otherwise.Hixton by William Kent Krueger: ★★Five boys disappear without a trace..and pigs.. and sweets!Small Change by Margaret Maron: ★★★A girl tries to find out who's stealing from her father.Th...
In 2006, Otto Penzler released the anthology Murder at the Foul Line, with stories contributed by a Who's Who of crime fiction, including Michael Malone's winningly deadpan "White Trash Noir," about domestic violence from a former NCAA star that seemingly drives his wife to murder. It was nominated ...
Not a bad collection, but not the best one I've read. I liked about half the stories, found most of the rest just 'ok' and completely disliked one. Still, there are a few here that I'll probably re-read again in the future when I'm looking for a quick Supernatural fix.
I've only read 3 stories - the Charlaine Harris, which is the one I got the book out of the library for, and 2 others that seemed well recommended by other reviewers. I found the sheer number of stories in this book quite daunting, and therefore didn't really bother dipping into any others at all. I...
There are some pleasent surprises in this little collection. There are also some duds. Thankfully, however, the gems make up for the dudes. There does seem to be a preponderence of mob stories.The stories range from funny to touching. Now of them all really sad. Standouts include-"After Happil...
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