Janet Hutchings edited "Creme de la Crime" which is a collection of short stories by some of the winners of the world's top mystery awards. Some of them I've heard of -- Anne Perry, Ruth Rendell, Lawrence Block, Joyce Carol Oates, Jeffrey Deaver, and Carolyn Hart. However, there were many I hadn't heard of and having had a taste of their writing I want to read more. I love this type of book because it's easy to read a story at bedtime and not get caught up in a whole novel that I don't want to put down...... plus I discover new authors.
There are something like 27 authors featured and Jeffrey Deaver's "Triangle" was a real surprise. Janet LaPierre's "De Capo" was another surprise that lead me to decide I must check out this author! Melodie Johnson Howe is an actress turned mystery author and I'm going to look into her Claire Conrad-Maggie Hill novels which she describes as the female answer to Nero Wolf and Archie Goodwin. So many authors and so little time but I certainly have a new list to choose from out of these 27. pazt
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