Cleaning the Gold by Karin Slaughter and Lee Child

May 15, 2019

This past weekend, I actually read an eBook. I don’t often, but Karin Slaughter and Lee Child teamed up for a short story, Cleaning the Gold, and I can handle reading short stories digitally. Best of all, for those of you who don’t care to read...

Ten Year Stretch edited by Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller

April 25, 2018

Ten Year Stretch is a crime fiction anthology to commemorate the tenth anniversary of CrimeFest in Bristol, England. Peter James wrote the foreword. Martin Edwards and Adrian Muller edited it. Edwards writes the introduction about the authors and Muller writes the...

Matchup edited by Lee Child

June 24, 2017

International Thriller Writers (ITW) supports itself by publishing anthologies. This year’s book is edited by Lee Child. Matchup teams up some of the most recognizable names in the writing business. Each author, a male and a female, brings one of their...

American Housewife by Helen Ellis

January 18, 2016

If you’re looking for a snarky collection of short stories with a woman’s point of view, check out Helen Ellis’ American Housewife. Ellis’ viewpoint of the life of an American housewife is funny, snarky, and, in a couple cases, just mean....

Resorting to Murder edited by Martin Edwards

June 27, 2015

I always have a hard time reviewing story collections, no matter how much I enjoy them. Do you just want to take my word that readers who appreciate the Golden Age mystery classics will appreciate Resorting to Murder? No?  Well, then take editor Martin Edwards...