A Woman's Eye - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 038530000X ISBN 13: 9780385300001

Publisher: Delacorte Press, 1991

Synopsis

Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women  writers in this extraordinary collection of  contemporary mystery fiction. The voices here include  professional crime solvers who take you from the mean  streets of V.I. Warshawski's  Chicago in a case of music and murder... to the  California freeway where Kinsey Millhone's beloved VW  skids into a shooting... to the gang-held turf of  Sharon says mum's the word. And then there are  mothers, grandmothers, battered wives, and social  workers -- ordinary women in extraordinary situations  whose voices reveal contemporary life as seen  through a woman's eye. From the opening tale of a girl  down-and-out in London and what she steals from a  corpse... to the final story of a summer vacation  in the Berkshires, complete with romance and  sudden death... this unique collection brings us great  mystery writing that engages both our intellects  and our hearts.
From the Paperback edition.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"All new stories...all women writers...all female sleuths" --Booklist.

Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. The voices here include professional crime solvers who take you from the mean streets of V.I. Warshawski's Chicago in a case of music and murder... to the California freeway where Kinsey Millhone's beloved VW skids into a shooting... to the gang-held turf of Sharon says mum's the word. And then there are mothers, grandmothers, battered wives, and social workers -- ordinary women in extraordinary situations whose voices reveal contemporary life as seen through a woman's eye. From the opening tale of a girl down-and-out in London and what she steals from a corpse... to the final story of a summer vacation in the Berkshires, complete with romance and sudden death... this unique collection brings us great mystery writing that engages both our intellects and our hearts.

From the Back Cover:

"All new stories...all women writers...all female sleuths" --Booklist.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Press
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 038530000X
• ISBN 13: 9780385300001
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 448
• Editor: Sara Paretsky