Review
[a] lethal little anthology...readers can sweat over a delightfully wicked collection...a treasury of 25 criminally good stories and poems, written as a warning to anyone even thinking of trading that plumber's butt and jelly belly for robust glutes and a six pack." -- -The Ottawa Citizen
[a] lethal little anthology...readers can sweat over a delightfully wicked collection...a treasury of 25 criminally good stories and poems, written as a warning to anyone even thinking of trading that plumber's butt and jelly belly for robust glutes and a six pack." -- -The Ottawa Citizen
[a] lethal little anthology...readers can sweat over a delightfully wicked collection...a treasury of 25 criminally good stories and poems, written as a warning to anyone even thinking of trading that plumber's butt and jelly belly for robust glutes and a six pack." -- -The Ottawa Citizen
Book Description
Sport, fitness, games and murder are the main themes of this collection of wicked and witty crime fiction and poetry by the Ladies' Killing Circle, who brought you Menopause is Murder and Cottage Country Killers. From the gym to the golf course to the supposedly peaceful practice of tai chi, murder, rage and revenge refuse to respect the human quest for immortality through fitness and can victimize the most tanned and toned bodies as easily as those of couch potatoes and gourmands. Excessive good health can lead to an early demise in this energetic new anthology. You'll watch your back in the hot tub after reading this book...
From the Publisher
Featuring Mary Jane Maffini's Arthur Ellis Award-winning story "Sign of the Times", and runner-up Barbara Fradkin's "Double Trouble"
From the Back Cover
It doesn't always pay to be in shape... Sport, fitness, games and murder are the main themes of this collection of wicked and witty crime fiction and poetry by the "Ladies' Killing Circle", who brought you Menopause is Murder and Cottage Country Killers. From the gym to the golf course to the supposedly peaceful practice of tai chi, murder, rage and revenge refuse to respect the human quest for immortality through fitness and can victimize the most tanned and toned bodies as easily as those of couch potatoes and gourmands. Excessive good health can lead to an early demise in this energetic new anthology. You'll watch your back in the hot tub after reading this book...
About the Author
Joan Boswell has had work published in magazines and anthologies. As a member of the group of writers called the Ladies' Killing Circle, she has had stories in each of their seven anthologies. She has published four Hollis Grant mysteries, including Cut to the Quick and Cut to the Chase. She lives in Toronto.
