Killer Year: Stories to Die For...From the Hottest New Crime Writers

from Cherylk

I am so saddened by this collection. This is one that I had on my shelf for a little while to read. I finally picked it up not expecting to enjoy every story but the majority. This is because it featured some of my favorite authors as well as the genre of this collection is right up my book readi...

from reading_fox

Meh. It's a nice concept - a group of sucessful crime writers, have agreed to be mentors to a group of up and coming new writers. Most have already published a debut novel, and these are short stories in a similar vein. None of the famous authors have included any of their work, just a brief para...

from RachelfromSarasota

Now this book is definitely worth. . .well, maybe not dying for, but certainly the price of admission. I am a long time aficionado of short crime stories, cutting my teeth on borrowed Alfred Hitchcock collections and treasuring all of John D. MacDonald's early works -- but it is rare for me to fi...