Women of Mystery II: Stories from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786701404 ISBN 13: 9780786701407

Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub, 1994

Synopsis

Combines women's issues with suspenseful plots in a collection of mystery stories featuring women detectives, amateur sleuths, cops, journalists, and spies--including contributions from Amanda Cross, Sharyn McCrumb, Joan Hess, Marcis Muller, Ruth Rendell, and several emerging new writers.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly

These 15 short stories by women writers about women detectives have previously appeared in either Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine or Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine. Such established authors as Antonia Frasier and Amanda Cross offer further adventures of their widely recognizable heroines (Jemimah Shore and Kate Fansler, respectively) as lesser-known writers introduce hopeful candidates, e.g., D.L. Richardson tells of ex-cop Cass Dillon's reluctant attempt to recover a stolen police badge for a friend. Gillian Roberts's Amanda Pepper discovers the body of a weight-obsessed friend and figures out how the time of death was distorted. A layover in Cold War Berlin stirs up the mundane life of an American college grad when she finds herself mixed up in espionage in Patricia McGerr's riveting tale. Ruth Rendell, Joan Hess, Marcia Muller and Margaret Maron are among other contributors.
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Edition details

• Publisher: Carroll & Graf Pub
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0786701404
• ISBN 13: 9780786701407
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 321
• Editor: Manson Cynthia