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The Penguin Book of Crime Stories [Paperback]

Peter Robinson (Editor)
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Release Date: May 8 2007

Selected and Introduced by Peter Robinson

International bestselling author Peter Robinson has put together a marvellous collection of fifteen brilliant crime stories, including one of his own. These gripping stories will surprise and delight readers, and, occasionally, scare the living daylights out them.

The Penguin Book of Crime Stories is a must-read collection featuring writers with a razor-sharp talent for crime writing.

Robert Barnard * Mark Billingham * Michael Connelly * John Harvey * José Latour * Laura Lippman * Mary Jane Maffini * Sara Paretsky * George Pelecanos * Ian Rankin * Peter Robinson * Rob Sawyer * Peter Sellers * Karin Slaughter * Eric Wright

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Peter Robinson is the author of sixteen Inspector Banks novels, including his most recent book Piece of My Heart, as well as two non-series suspense novels, Caedmon’s Song and No Cure for Love. Strange Affair was chosen as one of the best books of 2005 by The Globe and Mail, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, and January Magazine. Strange Affair was also shortlisted for the L.A. Times Book Award for best crime fiction novel. Robinson has published a collection of short stories called Not Safe After Dark. His novels have been translated into over sixteen languages, and he has won a number of international awards, including the MWA Edgar, the CWA Dagger in the Library, the Martin Beck Award from Sweden, the Danish Palle Rosenkrantz Award, and the French Grand Prix de Littérature Policière. He has also won five Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Awards. Peter Robinson lives in Toronto, Canada, and Richmond, North York Shire.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Terrific Collection by Some of the Best Jan 11 2013
By Debra Purdy Kong TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Paperback
Whenever I read a collection of short stories, I usually check off the ones I like best in the table of contents. When I realized I'd checked off over half of the fifteen crime stories in this collection, it became pretty clear that this was a great book. Since the stories were selected by Peter Robinson, prolific author of the Inspector Banks series, I should have known I was in good hands. Among the contributors were Michael Connelly, Laura Lippman, Sara Paretsky, Mary Jane Maffini, Robert J. Sawyer, and Ian Rankin, all writers I admire very much.

The truth is there wasn't a bad story in the bunch. The stories I liked most resonated with me for one reason or another. In others, the crime seemed secondary, or the piece was a little too predictable. My favorites were the traditional whodunnits, and there were some terrific ones. Still, for those who love to read short crime fiction, and especially those who love to write it, this is a terrific book to pick up and learn from the masters.
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