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Thirteen: An Anthology of Crime Stories
Thirteen is an anthology of fifteen crime stories penned by established Canadian mystery authors. Stories range from the macabre to the downright hilarious, but in each case,nothing is as it seems ...
The Mesdames of Mayhem are fifteen friends brought together through literary critique groups. Many of the Mesdames have won prestigious awards in crime writing, including the Edgar, the Arthur, Indie and Bony Pete. Many more have been finalists for these and other awards, such as the CWA's Debut Dagger.
The Mesdames of Mayhem are fifteen friends brought together through literary critique groups. Many of the Mesdames have won prestigious awards in crime writing, including the Edgar, the Arthur, Indie and Bony Pete. Many more have been finalists for these and other awards, such as the CWA's Debut Dagger.
- GenresMysteryShort Stories
241 pages, Kindle Edition
First published August 24, 2013
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November 22, 2023
This is an anthology of several short stories with a crime and mystery focus.
I went to a presentation by some of these authors when they talked about their writing process and how they came up with the stories and it was very interesting so I bought their book.
The short stories are good, but I find there is not a lot of character development in short stories and they were over before they even began!
Easy wuick read !
I went to a presentation by some of these authors when they talked about their writing process and how they came up with the stories and it was very interesting so I bought their book.
The short stories are good, but I find there is not a lot of character development in short stories and they were over before they even began!
Easy wuick read !
January 16, 2014
Fans of the lighter, softer side of crime fiction should take a look at the THIRTEEN from the MESDAMES OF MAYHEM.
The book was suggested to me by a rather circuitous route (cousin of / who is a work colleague of / who mentioned it to...), which is the only reason I would have even tried it to be honest. But the writers in this anthology include a number of winners and finalists from Canada's Arthur Ellis awards, so it was interesting to compare against the local short story competition winners I've been reading recently.
The majority of these stories are considerably more on the cozy side than I would normally go near, but there were one or two entries that I enjoyed a lot. There's a combination of fun, humour, supernatural stuff, and some decidedly odd goings on, which makes it a good collection for readers to dip into. Whilst it does suggest that it moves from dark supernatural to comedy capers, there's little here that's dark enough for me, but for fans of cozies this would be a great introduction to some of Canada's top female crime writers.
http://www.austcrimefiction.org/revie...
The book was suggested to me by a rather circuitous route (cousin of / who is a work colleague of / who mentioned it to...), which is the only reason I would have even tried it to be honest. But the writers in this anthology include a number of winners and finalists from Canada's Arthur Ellis awards, so it was interesting to compare against the local short story competition winners I've been reading recently.
The majority of these stories are considerably more on the cozy side than I would normally go near, but there were one or two entries that I enjoyed a lot. There's a combination of fun, humour, supernatural stuff, and some decidedly odd goings on, which makes it a good collection for readers to dip into. Whilst it does suggest that it moves from dark supernatural to comedy capers, there's little here that's dark enough for me, but for fans of cozies this would be a great introduction to some of Canada's top female crime writers.
http://www.austcrimefiction.org/revie...
January 26, 2014
Short stories offer worlds in nutshells, and Thirteen brings thirteen intruiging worlds to the fortunate reader, stories penned and edited by an exceptional group of highly accomplished writers. An amazing variety of topics are covered; drama, mysteries, thrillers and suspense - enjoy your baker's dozen of suspenseful delights.
January 10, 2022
Canadian Mesdames created a delightful anthology of story-filled Mayhem. The pace picked up considerably in the second half.
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