Murder Is My Racquet: Fourteen Original Tales of Love, Death, and Tennis by Today's Great Writers - Hardcover
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From some of the mystery genre's most celebrated authors comes a collection of original stories centered around the game of tennis. Mysterious Press proudly presents an extraordinary collection of short stories from some of the most distinguished names in the genre: Lawrence Block, Kinky Friedman, James W. Hall, John Harvey, Jeremiah Healy, Stephen Hunter, Judith Kelman, Robert Leuci, Peter Lovesey, Mike Lupica, David Morrell, Ridley Pearson, Lisa Scottoline, and Daniel Stashower.
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^BPenzler, the venerable mystery editor and anthologist, has compiled several top-notch thematic anthologies (on boxing and baseball, for example). This time his thematic arrow misses the mark. Although most of these 14 original stories are good (and some are excellent), too few of them have any real connection to the game of tennis, which is supposedly the book's raison d'etre. Lawrence Block's contribution is a standout: a clever story about a tennis player with anger-management issues in which the game is integral to the story. On the other hand, Kinky Friedman's "Tennis, Anyone?" is only peripherally about tennis; it feels as though the game was inserted into the story to make it fit the anthology's theme. Tennis enthusiasts may be disappointed by the way their passion is given such short shrift; fans of mystery short stories, however, at least those for whom thematic relevance isn't so important, will be more forgiving. With James W. Hall, Mike Lupica, Lisa Scottoline, Peter Lovesey, and others, some of the genre's best are on display here, even if they don't seem much interested in tennis. David Pitt
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