- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Uglytown Productions (Jan 1 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0966347323
- ISBN-13: 978-0966347326
- Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 13.7 x 1.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 272 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,225,598 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Sisters in Crime, an international consortium of women and men whose reason for being is the propagation and betterment of women who write mysteries, is at it again with A Deadly Dozen: Tales of Murder from Los Angeles, its third anthology (following 1997's Desserticide: Desserts to Die For and 1998's Murder by Thirteen) of largely female murder and mayhem. Within its 224 pages you'll find all of the blood, revenge, culprits, and calamities that you'd expect from such a collection, and most of it is fine indeed. The problem, of course, is that it's nearly impossible to limn such ditties; most of them, given their length, rely on surprise endings that dish up the mystery in a matter of paragraphs--without giving away their payload. Suffice it to say, however, that Jamie Wallace's genre-bending "Driven to Kill" is a 10-page well-I'll-be-darned; Phil Mann's "Touch of a Vanish'd Hand" deals nicely with the locked-room-mystery wheeze--complete with a rotund and vaguely European mathematics professor with a penchant for detection; and Lisa Seidman's Over My Shoulder will, in 16 pages, more thoroughly creep out your inner child than many a novel 20 times as long:
He was standing right next to the sofa bed. I could sense his shadow lying over me. I stayed frozen in place, my eyes glued shut.Shove a copy in your bag and keep it handy. A Deadly Dozen's sharpened points make a dandy weapon for killing time. --Michael HudsonHe did nothing for a moment; I could tell he was just staring at me. I prayed he'd go back out the door; I prayed Mom would come home now.
But then he reached down, hands tugging at the afghan. I gripped the edge of the blanket and held on. Would he still believe I was asleep?
"It's just you and me, Susie. I'm not going to hurt you. I love you."
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A perfect book for curling up in an overstuffed chair before a crackling fire, iron poker close at hand, just in case... -- ForeWord Magazine, August 2000
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A terrific collection of writers who pull no punches!,
By Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Deadly Dozen: Tales of Murder from Los Angeles (Paperback)
A Deadly Dozen is a compilation of short stories, naturally involving murders, written by the Sisters in Crime in Los Angeles, California. Featuring a deadly dozen stories from such authors as: Kris Neri, Cynthia Lawrence, Cory Newman, Lisa Seidman, and others, these stories provide a platform for these writers to dip their pens into stories with a twist. This group, which formed in 1986, led by Sara Paretsky, Sisters in Crime is now a respected national organization. The Los Angeles Chapter was formed by Phyllis Miller in 1989. In recent years, male writers have been welcomed into the organization. A Deadly Dozen is the second anthology published by this group.The problem...and the thrill...of short stories is that the characters have to introduce themselves to the reader early and completely. The reader has to immediately descend into the world that the author has created, and be ready for a real jolt at the end. Kris Neri's chilling "Sentence Imposed" does just that: "Call it fate, call it chance--either way, it'll change your life. Sometimes you just find yourself staring into a crowd, your gaze floating aimlessly over a sea of faces you won't remember the instant you look away--until one person's eyes seem to grab hold of yours and you make a connection. You can't explain it, but somehow your life and that stranger's become bound together. When I made that link, it was with a little girl." Whatever the subject, these writers know how to pull no punches. "Wifely Duties" is a Hitchcockian tale of a wife who plots to kill her husband, and ends up as a victim herself. "Push Comes to Shove" is a wrestler's nightmare. "Fatal Tears" is a classic sibling rivalry piece. A Deadly Dozen exposure is like taking in several episodes of "Night Gallery," with cataloging students catching a murderer in "Miss Parker and the Cutter-Sanborn Tables." Shelley Glodowski, Reviewer
4.0 out of 5 stars
A DEADLY DOZEN,
This review is from: A Deadly Dozen: Tales of Murder from Los Angeles (Paperback)
A DEADLY DOZEN (TALES OF MURDER FROM LOS ANGELES ) is the third anthology following the 1997 DESSERTICIDE (DESSERTS TO DIE FOR ) and 1998 MURDER BY THIRTEEN. The Los Angles chapter of Sisters in Crime has released a book of twelve short stories, based on murder and mayhem. I usually do not like to read short stories, but these stories were fully contained with well-crafted plots and well defined characters. My favorites were Wifely Duties, because every woman can identify with Lucy and her discontent with her marriage, but I would like to think that we would not go to the lengths that she did, and with such a startling conclusion. Cats and Jammer was another favorite, it's about a teen-age detective that finds a body and the suspects are many. Stories included are: Sentience Imposed by Kris Neri Wifely Duties by Cory Newman Push Comes To Shove by Nathan Walpow Fatal Tears by Ekaterine Nikas Miss Parker and the Cutter Sanborn Tablets by Gay Tolti Kinman Driven To Kill by Jamie Wallace Touch Of A Vanish'd Hand by Phil Mann Ai Witness by Kate Tornton Over My Shoulder by Lisa Seidman The Cats And Jammer, by Gayle McGary Copy Cat by Joan Myers Midnight by Dorothy Rellas This book is well worth the read.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Captivating Dozen,
By R. Abbott (United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: A Deadly Dozen: Tales of Murder from Los Angeles (Paperback)
I found this collection of short stories to be amazingly gripping and enjoyable. Each of the stories were well written and kept my attention from start to finish. I've not been a fan of locked room mysteries, however, I must admit that Phil Mann's "Touch Of A Vanish'd Hand" not only kept my attention but spurred me to purchase more books in this specific genre. Joan Myers' "Copycat" was another personal favorite. I tip my hat to each of these authors as well as the three editors. Thank you for such a wonderful piece of modern literature.
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