The Dark End of the Street : New Stories of Sex and Crime by Today's Top Authors (Paperback)

from Michael_P

I love crime noir, so maybe I'm a bit biased, but I truly enjoyed this collection of new short stories by some well known authors. Each tale has its own unique voice and style, sometimes with subtle plot twists, other times with surprise endings that shock the reader out of their chair. Peppered ...

from datrappert

There is crime and sex here and a lot of writers - many of them the well-known type that I hardly ever read - but there is not a whole lot of fun. Most of the stories are well-written, some in a literary way about as far-removed from noir or pulp fiction as you could get. I'll make an exception, ...

from RidgewayGirl

Like any collection where the stories have been solicited rather than pulled from already published works, the quality is uneven, with a few feeling uninspired and written at the last minute and others being memorable. Oddly, the best stories in the book were grouped at the back, and included Joy...

from Storeetllr

I finally managed to slog through this collection of short stories, ostensibly about crime and sex although a few times about nothing nearly resembling either, and finally finally finished it. Thank God. I thought I would love it; I love mystery/thrillers and don't mind a little s-e-x, and some o...

from bukwurm2

I finally got the opportunity to read "The Dark End of the Street", and, as will happen with anthologies, there are highs and lows. To be sure, it is filled with top name authors of mystery and fiction, but many of the stories didn't live up to my hopes. Lets get a couple of the disappointments o...