Women Before the Bench

by Carolyn Wheat (Editor), Claire Youmans (Contributor), Rochelle Majer Krich (Contributor)

This ingenious anthology of legal drama and suspense features all-new tories by some of the top writers in the field,
Perri O'Shaughnessy
Margaret Maron
Margaret Coel
Jonnie Jacobs
Taffy Cannon
Michael A. Kahn
Claire Youmans
Rochelle Krich
Carroll Lachnit
Sarah Caudwell
Terry Devane
Nora DeLoach
Carolyn Wheat

Genres: Short Stories

304 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published March 1, 2001

About the author

Carolyn Wheat is an attorney, an editor, and an award-winning author. Her short stories won the Anthony, the Agatha, the Shamus, and the Macavity awards, and two of her six Cass Jameson legal mysteries have been nominated for Edgar awards.

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very good anthology. All of the stories deal with "legal drama and suspense" and all the protagonists are female. The editor and, I believe, all but two of the authors are also female.

My favorite stories are "A Well-Respected Man" by Margaret Coel, "The Triumph of Eve" by Sarah Caudwell, and "The Only Good Judge" by Carolyn Wheat.

[Victoria · Rating 3 out of 5]

These short stories about women attorneys and judges give you a chance to sample the work of authors unfamiliar to you.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good collection, introduced me to Maron.

[Barb · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found it fun to read these short stories over the past several weeks, as none took very long to read and each was a small treasure of excellent legal fiction.

[Sparkie Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nice collection of short stories. A change from reading a few chapters of a novel before bed. It introduced me to authors that I will check out their novels.

[Claire Youmans · Rating 5 out of 5]

I enjoyed contributing to this anthology. It's good! It's probably in your local library. Check it out and enjoy.