Wild Crimes by Dana Stabenow (Editor)
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- Pub. Date: September 2004
- 289pp
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- Pub. Date: September 2004
- Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)
- Format: Mass Market Paperback, 289pp
- ISBN-13: 9780451212863
- ISBN: 045121286X
Synopsis
From Edgar Award winner Dana Stabenow comes an all-new mystery anthology featuring wild men, wilder women, and the wildest crimes imaginable...
Go where the wild things are-whether on unruly and lawless urban streets, a secluded stretch of uncivilized and barbarous woods, or in the frozen mountains of Colorado. Anything can happen to anyone-anywhere-when the nature of man turns wild.
Original stories of mystery in the wild by:
Michael Armstrong
Margaret Coel
Mike Doogan
Loren D. Estleman
Laurie R. King
Skye K. Moody
Brad Reynolds
S. J. Rozan
James Sarafin
Dana Stabenow
John Straley
Janet Julian - KLIATT
Eleven new mysteries begin with Michael Armstrong's "Following the Quarters." Why would someone stuff coins into newspaper-dispensing machines at 2am? In "The Man Who Thought He Was a Deer," Margaret Coel pits one hunter against another, but with an ironic twist. Mike Doogan explores the murder of a worker at a secret government facility in "Gambling on Death." "The Bog," by Loren Estleman, holds more than one deadly secret. Laurie King finds mystery in "The Salt Pond" in New Guinea in the early 1980s, where murder and justice are the same thing. Something is killing hermits in "These Crowded Woods" by Skye Moody, and the something isn't human. Isidore Pete, born in 1921, relates old Eskimo stories to schoolchildren in "Bad-Hearted" by Brad Reynolds. A minister named Gull is gulling the gullible in "Bird of Paradise" by S.J. Rozan, but he is foiled by Jeremiah 5:27. It's a cop against bootleggers in an Arctic December in "The Quiet Cold" by James Sarafin. Editor Dana Stabenow contributes "Wreck Rights" about a dangerous curve and coincidental crashes on an Alaskan highway. The collection ends with "My Heart Went Boom" by John Straley, a story of sirens, police cars, and an elementary school production of A Midsummer-Night's Dream. This collection is recommended to mature mystery fans because of obscenities and gore. KLIATT Codes: SA—Recommended for senior high school students, advanced students, and adults. 2004, Penguin, Signet, 289p., Ages 15 to adult.
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terrific short story compilationby harstan
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October 17, 2004: This eleven tale anthology consists of suspense stories that have in common the locale of the wild where nature often hides humanity?s inhumane acts. The authors are a virtual who?s who of the mystery genre so that the audience will anticipate high quality and each participant comes through with a strong contribution. Of most interest, accentuated in the introduction by Dana Stabenow, is what the wild is. The interpreters brought their self concepts to forge personal differing definitions to the formidable term so that the stories can be and are everywhere. The background of the wild ranges from an island used for atomic testing to a frozen mountain top to Poe-like eerie woods to even an urban setting in which a walk on the wild side could prove deadly. Within this seemingly global range provide the backdrop to great tales that make for a terrific short story compilation, which encourages the audience to walk with the writers on a journey into the ?wild?. Harriet Klausner
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