Hardly Knew Her, (Paperback)

from rmagahiz

The stories in this collection all draw a lot of their vitality from their nicely constructed protagonists, none of whom are completely innocent and many of whom are quite despicable. The author has a knack of devising endings which ought to feel more far-fetched than they do, in the best traditi...

from coppers

If Laura Lippman continues to publish short story collections like this one I'm going to have to stop saying that I really don't like short stories. These were, with the exception of maybe two that I felt were just OK, absolutely great, well-plotted and entertaining stories. My favorite was One T...

from sarahlh

A wonderful, engaging, and thrilling book of short stories that all have delightful twists in their endings and center around a cast of women you definitely shouldn't take for granted. I'd never read a Tess Monoghan novel before reading this, which I thought would hurt me as two of the stories ce...

from Ameise1

It was a fast-paced reading. The book comprised 17 short stories, whereupon two are related to each other. Each story is gripping from the start up to the very last full stop. They make so addictive that one isn't able to stop reading. In each story women get the upper hand and there is a also a ...

from SugarCreekRanch

Terrific collection of short stories. Most are crime stories, and most have surprising perpetrators or extremely unusual modus operandi. Laura Lippman comes up with some pretty sick stuff, and I love it!