Best of Sisters in Crime

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Synopsis
The thirty short stories in this collection were selected by the editors of Reader's Digest to represent the finest in contemporary mystery writing by American women. They originally appeared in the acclaimed Sisters in Crime fiction series, winner of Anthony, Macavity, and American Mystery awards. Included here are traditional whodunits and detective stories featuring female sleuths, gripping tales of psychological suspense, sophisticated satires, gently humorous yarns, and touching human dramas. The range is as wide and varied as the talent that produced it: * In Marcia Muller's "Deadly Fantasies" family discord threatens a young woman's sanity. * A lonely spinster is troubled by a mysterious phone caller in Nancy Pickard's "Storm Warnings." * The intrepid feline SuSu unmasks a murderer in Lilian Jackson Braun's delightful "SuSu and the 8:30 Ghost." * Sinister voices torment a young actress in Mary Higgins Clark's terrifying "Voices from the Coalbin." * There's more than light entertainment and snacks for the women's reading group that meets in Sue Grafton's "Falling Off the Roof." * A foreign student makes a deadly translation error in Marcia Biederman's darkly humorous "Listen and Listen Good." * Old hands teach a young wife how to handle an inconvenient husband in Sharyn McCrumb's "The Luncheon." These and twenty-three other expertly crafted tales of dark deeds and evil schemes are guaranteed to provide hours of spine-tingling reading, to evoke laughter, tears, and—above all—the luscious shivers that delight all true lovers of mystery.
Copyright:
1998

Book Details

Book Quality:
Excellent
Book Size:
398 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780762101061
Publisher:
THE READER'S DIGEST ASSOCIATION, INC.
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
The Reader's Digest Association, Inc.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Literature and Fiction, Mystery and Thrillers
Submitted By:
Deborah Murray
Proofread By:
Tomoko Miles
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Marilyn Wallace

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