Mystery Writers of America presents vengeance

Book - 2012

Features new stories in which characters take the law into their own hands in search of vengeance, with contributions by Lee Child, Michael Connelly, Dennis Lehane, and Karin Slaughter as well as up-and-coming new writers in the field.

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Subjects
Genres
Short stories
Mystery fiction
Published
New York : Mulholland Books / Little, Brown and Company 2012.
Language
English
Corporate Author
Mystery Writers of America
Corporate Author
Mystery Writers of America (-)
Other Authors
Lee Child (-)
Edition
1st ed
Physical Description
xi, 384 p. ; 25 cm
ISBN
9780316176347
  • Introduction
  • The Fourteenth Juror
  • Lost and Found
  • The Mother
  • Blind Justice
  • The Consumers
  • Moonshiner's Lament
  • River Secret
  • Hot Sugar Blues
  • The Final Ballot
  • Africa Always Needs Guns
  • The Unremarkable Heart
  • It Ain't Right
  • Silent Justice
  • Even a Blind Man
  • The General
  • A Fine Mist of Blood
  • Leverage
  • The Hotline
  • Blood and Sunshine
  • In Persona Christi
  • The Hollywood I Remember
  • About the Authors
  • Copyrights
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Revenge propels each of the 21 all-original stories in this high-quality anthology mixing headliners such as Dennis Lehane and Michael Connelly with lower-profile talent such as C.E. Lawrence and Adam Meyer. Given this common motive, readers will have little trouble anticipating the final resolution as a rule, but the writing is top-notch, especially in Lehane's "The Consumers," in which the abused wife of a white-collar criminal turns to a professional to eliminate her spouse. Brendan DuBois's especially satisfying "The Final Ballot" features an unsophisticated woman's quest for justice when a powerful politician with national ambitions victimizes her daughter. Lawrence's "Silent Justice" presents a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest with a moral dilemma after a young man confesses committing a murder to him. But Meyer delivers the biggest jaw-dropper in "Blood and Sunshine," about an evil five-year-old boy who torments everyone around him. As with other such theme anthologies, readers will best enjoy these stories a few at a time. (Apr.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Review by Library Journal Review

Characters take the law into their own hands to achieve vengeance in this collection of 21 stories matching well-loved writers like Michael Connelly, Lee Child, Alafair Burke, and Dennis Lehane with rising stars of the genre. Editor Child supervised story selection and provides an introduction explaining his process. Other contributors include Mike Cooper, Brendan DuBois, Jim Fusilli, Michelle Gagnon, Darrell James, C.E. Lawrence, Steve Liskow, Rick -McMahan, and Adam Meyer. VERDICT Workable narrations alternated by Angela Dawe and Jeff Cummings neither add much nor detract. This anthology offers something for everyone with a taste for mysteries and short stories. Recommended.-Kristen L. Smith, Loras Coll. Lib., Dubuque, IA (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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