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The Mammoth Book Of Best British Crime 6
- GenresShort StoriesCrime
512 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
About the author
Maxim Jakubowski
283 books164 followersMaxim Jakubowski is a crime, erotic, and science fiction writer and critic.
Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.
He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.
His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.
Jakubowski was born in England by Russian-British and Polish parents, but raised in France. Jakubowski has also lived in Italy and has travelled extensively. Jakubowski edited the science fiction anthology Twenty Houses of the Zodiac in 1979 for the 37th World Science Fiction Convention (Seacon '79) in Brighton. He also contributed a short story to that anthology. He has now published almost 100 books in a variety of areas.
He has worked in book publishing for many years, which he left to open the Murder One bookshop[1], the UK's first specialist crime and mystery bookstore. He contributes to a variety of newspapers and magazines, and was for eight years the crime columnist for Time Out and, presently, since 2000, the crime reviewer for The Guardian. He is also the literary director of London's Crime Scene Festival and a consultant for the International Mystery Film Festival, Noir in Fest, held annually in Courmayeur, Italy. He is one the leading editors in the crime and mystery and erotica field, in which he has published many major anthologies.
His novels include "It's You That I Want To Kiss", "Because She Thought She Loved Me", "The State Of Montana", "On Tenderness Express", "Kiss me Sadly" and "Confessions of a Romantic Pornographer". His short story collections are "Life in the World of Women", "Fools for Lust" and the collaborative "American Casanova". He is a regular broadcaster on British TV and radio and was recently voted the 4th Sexiest Writer of 2,007 on a poll on the crimespace website.
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August 9, 2019
A cheat’s review of just three short stories read:
No Place To Park is a short story by Alexander McCall Smith set in Australia. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in 2007. George lives in Perth, Western Australia and is an author and a keen surfer. As his surfing-themed murder mystery has stalled, he embarks on a novel based on an idea mentioned at a recent writer’s festival, parking offences. This of course requires research, so he shadows a parking cop, but this leads to a surprise development. A very clever little short story illustrating that even a “safe” genre might not be…
In The Angel of Manton Worthy by Kate Ellis, Karen reluctantly goes to live in the country, in the manor house that her older, very wealthy husband, Paul has enthusiastically purchased. He encourages her to get to know the villagers, but that’s the one thing she doesn’t want to do, because Karen has a secret she doesn’t want revealed. A very dark twist.
In Going Back by Ann Cleeves, Susan is taken back to the village she grew up in when her father was the head teacher. As the memories of that time flow into her head, it becomes apparent that the reason she’s here is not just for a trip down memory lane. Another dark twist.
No Place To Park is a short story by Alexander McCall Smith set in Australia. It was first published in The Strand Magazine in 2007. George lives in Perth, Western Australia and is an author and a keen surfer. As his surfing-themed murder mystery has stalled, he embarks on a novel based on an idea mentioned at a recent writer’s festival, parking offences. This of course requires research, so he shadows a parking cop, but this leads to a surprise development. A very clever little short story illustrating that even a “safe” genre might not be…
In The Angel of Manton Worthy by Kate Ellis, Karen reluctantly goes to live in the country, in the manor house that her older, very wealthy husband, Paul has enthusiastically purchased. He encourages her to get to know the villagers, but that’s the one thing she doesn’t want to do, because Karen has a secret she doesn’t want revealed. A very dark twist.
In Going Back by Ann Cleeves, Susan is taken back to the village she grew up in when her father was the head teacher. As the memories of that time flow into her head, it becomes apparent that the reason she’s here is not just for a trip down memory lane. Another dark twist.
September 29, 2014
Dreadful.
November 6, 2023
Quantity over quality. But nice to see how a short story by Brian McGilloway morphed into one of his Inspector Devlin's books. And Ken Bruen's another visit to New York is as trashy, brutal and hilarious as ever.
December 14, 2017
A hidden little gem found in a yard sale and a very nice collection of crime stories. Everyday people that somehow fit intrigue, deceit, murder into their lives, demanding a closer look to even the dullest daily routine. Nothing is as it seems or perhaps it is very much so..
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May 11, 2013
Very enjoyable, eclectic grouping of crime writing.
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