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Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Minotaur Books; 1st edition edition (Dec 23 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 031254524X
ISBN-13: 978-0312545246
Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 13.7 x 2.5 cm
Shipping Weight: 273 g

Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)

Amazon.ca Sales Rank: #314,942 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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For this impressive crime anthology, bestseller Child (One Shot) has gathered 13 stories by newcomers and three by veterans. Such established writers as David Morrell, James Rollins, Gayle Lynds, Ken Bruen and Allison Brennan introduce tales by such rising stars as Marcus Sakey, Brett Battles, Robert Gregory Browne, Sean Chercover and Gregg Olsen. Some selections, like Olsen's The Crime of My Life, hit like a hard swung sap. Battles's Perfect Gentleman is more like a knife that slides in easily, then twists in the gut. Browne's Bottom Deal features a PI that would be at home in a lineup with Spade and Marlowe. Sakey's Gravity and Need lets the reader bleed out slowly, while Chercover's One Serving of Bad Luck earns a rueful smile. Not every entry is a winner, but the disturbingly good new talent showcased in this volume bodes well for the future of the genre.
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Sixteen shades of noir, all interesting, some compelling.Three of Child’s contributors—Ken Bruen, Allison Brennan and Duane Swierczynski—are seasoned pros, but the collection’s gems come from the 13 members of the younger set. Derek Nikitas’s “Runaway,” for instance, is a superbly ambiguous chiller about an adolescent girl who may or may not be a real runaway, or for that matter real. In Toni McGee Causey’s artfully composed “A Failure to Communicate” introduces the indomitable and irresistible Bobbie Faye Sumrall, a steel magnolia whose steel will cause three lowlifes to rue the day they took her hostage. “Perfect Gentleman” by Brett Battles and “Bottom Deal” by Robert Gregory Browne are both lean and taut, expertly crafted in the good old hard-boiled tradition. In Marc Lecard’s sly “Teardown,” a hapless loser arrives in the wrong place at what turns out to be exactly the right time. Gregg Olson’s autobiographical “Crime of My Life” features a surprise ending that actually surprises. The quality is less consistent among the other entries, but, remarkably for a collection this ample, there’s no sign of a clinker. An anthology so worthwhile that it comes within an eyelash of deserving the hyperbole Child (Bad Luck and Trouble, 2007, etc.) heaps on it in his introduction. - Kirkus Reviews

Who doesn't like a good treasure hunt? Who doesn't like discovering new talent on the rise? Both will be found within the covers of KILLER YEAR, an anthology of spanking new talent doing what they do best: getting your blood pumping and holding you breathless on the razor's edge of suspense. Each story is a brilliant, perfectly cut gem--just be careful of those sharp edges. They cut deep to the bone." --James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author of MAP OF BONES and THE JUDAS STRAIN

"I'm for anything that increases writers' odds of enjoying long and successful careers. Let's hope KILLER YEAR does just that, for these writers and generations of writers to come." --Laura Lippman

“The disturbingly good new talent showcased in this volume bodes well for the future of the genre.” — Publishers Weekly

“The mentors’ introductions to these stories, plus brief biographies at the end, should entice readers to longer works by these promising new authors. Even amid a recent rash of anthologies in the genre, this one is well worth a look.” — Library Journal

“Gems come from the 13 [Killer Year] members…. Remarkably for a collection this ample, there’s no sign of a clinker.” — Kirkus Reviews

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1.0 out of 5 stars Killer Year, Mar 22 2009

By	Donald Elder (Quebec) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Killer Year: Stories to Die For...From the Hottest New Crime Writers (Hardcover)

This book is sold as "by Lee Child" and that would indicate, at least to me it indicates that it is "written" by Lee Child. It is NOT written by Lee Child. As I am an avid Lee Child, ie: Jack Reacher fan I was extremlly disapointed by this book which is "edited" by Lee Child. This book is a waste of money to a Jack Reacher fan. Note: my rating of one star is only because I was unable to rate zero!

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