From Booklist
In a witty, engaging introduction, Connelly, author of the celebrated Harry Bosch series, makes the case for why Las Vegas serves as such an excellent backdrop for crime fiction. It's an easy case to make: bright lights, pretty girls, all that money, and all that desperation set the stage for any number of crimes. In this collection of 22 new stories by a mix of well- and lesser-known authors, murder takes the spotlight from slot machines and chorus girls. Contributions from James Swain, author of the acclaimed Tony Valentine series, and Edgar winner S. Z. Rozan will attract the most attention, but nearly all the tales manage to use the usual Vegas topics--desert heat, the Mafia, big scores gone wrong--in new and unusual ways. In Wendy Hornsby's "Dust Up," for instance, thugs in the process of whacking a turncoat mistake a birdwatcher for a federal agent; the birdwatcher, in turn, thinks the thugs are poachers out to eliminate an endangered bird. Only in Vegas.
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Review
"This series can be counted on to showcase the best of mainstream crime fiction."---Booklist on The Best American Mystery Stories 2003, edited by Michael Connelly and Otto Penzler
"The Narrows, Michael Connelly's best crime novel since City of Bones, unfolds within his increasingly seductive world. ... The Narrows is so enveloping that it may send readers back to the early lives of these characters. "
—The New York Times
"Mr. Connelly's terrific 14th novel...a suspenseful book marked by flashes of insight and moments of pathos, as well as by dry wit and graceful prose." — Wall Street Journal on The Narrows
"This is scarifying in a big way—a Thomas Harris kind of scary, which is high praise indeed."
— Stephen King, Entertainment Weekly on The Narrows
"Connelly is a master and this novel is yet another of his masterpieces."---Publishers Weekly
on The Narrows
