Creme de la Crime (2000) Anthology by Janet Hutchings (ed. Sun77)
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Overview: An ex-con undergoes a mesmerizingly sinister temptation in Lawrence Block’s "In for a Penny." In newcomer Phil Lovesey’s "Under the Knife, " an ex-patient puts his doctor through a terrifying ordeal. A woman and her friends tumble through a challenging rescue during the French Revolution in "The Escape" by Anne Perry. A paranoid rock star leads in a tale of unexpected discovery in Melodie Johnson Howe’s "Killing the Sixties." Many of the characters portrayed in Creme de la Crime catapult through adventures culminating in stultifying twists.This compendium of mysteries features crime of various moods and high anxiety. Often suspenseful, deliciously haunting, and even delightfully satirical, Creme de la Crime offers more than your basic mystery, but if you desire a traditional whodunit, that’s here, too, included within a satisfying group of stories of distinguished originality.
Incorporating elements of whimsy, turbulence, and enough stomach-churning suspense to satisfy the most hard-boiled mystery reader, Creme de la Crime is documented excellence, chosen and edited by Janet Hutchings, written by winners of the world’s top mystery awards.
Genre: Fiction > Mystery/Thriller
Includes the following 27 stories:
IN FOR A PENNY – Lawrence Block
TRIANGLE – Jeffery Deaver
SPOOKED – Carolyn Hart
OUT OF CONTROL – Clark Howard
DA CAPO – Janet LaPierre
THE SERPENT’S BACK – Ian Rankin
SAINT BOBBY – Doug Allyn
BEST BEHAVIOUR – Simon Brett
HOOPS – S. J. Rozan
THE CARER – Ruth Rendell
THE SAFEST LITTLE TOWN IN TEXAS – Jeremiah Healy
BECAUSE IT WAS THERE – Peter Lovesey
THE THIRD MANNY – Terence Faherty
DETAILS – Kristine Kathryn Rusch
ONE BAG OF COCONUTS – Edward D. Hoch
THE SKY-BLUE BALL – Joyce Carol Oates
THE WRONG HANDS – Peter Robinson
NOT ENOUGH MONKEYS – Benjamin M. Schutz
BIG SISTER – Andrew Vachss
POPPY AND THE POISONED CAKE – Steven Saylor
RUMPOLE AND THE ABSENCE OF BODY – John Mortimer
KILLING THE SIXTIES – Melodie Johnson Howe
TRADE WARS – Brendan DuBois
UNDER THE KNIFE – Phil Lovesey
THE ESCAPE – Anne Perry
JOYCE’S CHILDREN – Stuart M. Kaminsky
OF COURSE YOU KNOW THAT CHOCOLATE IS A VEGETABLE – Barbara D’Amato
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