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(More customer reviews)This book would make a wonderful gift for your favorite mystery buff. The quality is high, the big boys (and girls!) are represented, and there is all the variety one could wish. Comedy, whodunit, cozy, wild, psychological thriller-there is something for everyone.
James Crumley's "Coming Round the Mountain" transcends the genre. It is a story of dignified despair and is immensely moving. I am going to try and find some other works by this author. Joe Landsdale isn't satisfied with giving us a good chuckle or two over "The Mule Rustlers." He has to scare and shock us while we insist, "this cannot be happening." Peter Lovesey's intricate little piece of misdirection "The Usual Table" is very well done. Archer Mayor's "Instinct" is a perfect portrait of the psychology of guilt. Mr. Mayor is another author of whom I must read more. Stuart Kaminsky's "Sometimes Something Goes Wrong" reads like the nightmare you wish you had never had. He is compelling and his characterizations are excellent.
I had a fine time with this anthology. I read one and put the book down; then when I picked it up again, I read them all, one after another. I am sure you will show better discipline. All types of readers, even if they only enjoy an occasional mystery (I suppose there are people like that!), will get pleasure from this book.
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