A Prisoner of Memory: And 24 of the Finest Crime and Mystery Stories (2008) by Ed Gorman, Martin H. Greenberg (ed. Sun77)
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Overview: Big names dominate. Michael Connelly’s accident specialist works a suspicious one-car fatality; Jeffery Deaver’s converted sinner makes amends to those who’ve crossed his path; Lawrence Block’s tennis fan turns stalker; Laura Lippman’s tough girls deal with a lug looking for you-know-what. In the three longest stories, Doug Allyn pits a suburban father against the hunters who killed his family dog, Dorothy Salisbury Davis recalls a Black Irish murder two generations ago and Clark Howard packs a mercenary off to Kabul to break his brother out of jail. Every entry is workmanlike, none a true standout. Even the anthology’s biggest innovation—four online stories prefaced by a survey of online mystery fiction—offers more professionalism than inspiration. The distinguished roster also includes Marcia Muller, Bill Pronzini, Dick Lochte, Robert S. Levinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Joyce Carol Oates, all in middling form.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
Includes the following 25 stories and extras:
MULHOLLAND DIVE—Michael Connelly
EVERYBODY LOVES SOMEBODY—Sandra Scoppettone
MAKING AMENDS—Jeffery Deaver
A VISION IN WHITE—Lawrence Block
PONY GIRL—Laura Lippman
PRAYERS FOR THE DYING—Jeremiah Healy
DEVIL DOG—Dick Lochte
A PRISONER OF MEMORY—Robert S. Levinson
A SAVING GRACE—Patricia Abbott
CADAVER DOG—Bryon Quertermous
ANNIVERSARY—Hilary Davidson
SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY—Kerry Ashwin
DEAD AS A DOG—Doug Allyn
DIES IRAE—Dorothy Salisbury Davis
BLUES IN THE KABUL NIGHT—Clark Howard
THE PROFANE ANGEL—Loren D. Estleman
BEREAVEMENT—Tom Piccirilli
COUNTRY MANNERS—Brendan DuBois
AND THEN SHE WAS GONE—Christine Matthews
THE GUARDIANS—Jim Fusilli
I KILLED—Nancy Pickard
SUBSTITUTIONS—Kristine Kathryn Rusch
PICKPOCKET—Marcia Muller
THE WINNING TICKET—Bill Pronzini
VALENTINE, JULY HEAT WAVE—Joyce Carol Oates
ONLINE MYSTERY FICTION IN 2007—Sarah Weinman
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