Great stories, all over the map. I do love short stories. Most of the authors in this book are familiar names in mystery fiction: Ian Ranking, H.R.F. Keating, Liza Cody, Val McDermid. Most of the authors don't use their series characters, though some do. I especially liked "School Gate Mums" (Muriel Gray) and "The Cairo Road" (Robert Barnard); the former because it's every mother's happy dream when her kid get picked on, and the latter because it's such a goofy take on Matthew's nativity story.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
The Best New British Mysteries (ed. by Maxim Jakubowki)
Great stories, all over the map. I do love short stories. Most of the authors in this book are familiar names in mystery fiction: Ian Ranking, H.R.F. Keating, Liza Cody, Val McDermid. Most of the authors don't use their series characters, though some do. I especially liked "School Gate Mums" (Muriel Gray) and "The Cairo Road" (Robert Barnard); the former because it's every mother's happy dream when her kid get picked on, and the latter because it's such a goofy take on Matthew's nativity story.
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