Best Mystery Value Collection I (Mystery Library)

ISBN 10: 1556562128 ISBN 13: 9781556562129

Publisher: Dercum Pr Audio, 1997

Synopsis

Josh Pachter, respected mystery story critic, and Martin H. Greenberg, editor/author of over 100 different short story and novella anthologies, teamed together to produce an annual collection of stories by the best and brightest in the mystery genre. Each volume in the Dercum Value Collections contains four ninety-minute cassettes, with six hours of some of the best stories in the genre, for under $20! These collections are not available in book form anywhere: they were selected and recorded especially for Dercum Audio. Volume one of the mystery collection contains the 1988 Edgar Award winning story Soft Monkey by Harlan Ellison. Also included are nine critically acclaimed authors and their stories, read in their entirety. Includes such classics as Turn Away by Edward Gorman and The Used by Loren D. Estleman.

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Reviews

Martin H. Greenberg, author and editor of short stories and anthologies, and Josh Pachter, mystery critic, have produced a collection of the most outstanding mysteries of their category. Ten imaginative mysteries are narrated by various performers, the best of which is SOFT MONKEY, performed by its author, Harlan Ellison. SOFT MONKEY is the 1988 Edgar Award winner, and Ellison's rough-and-tough portrayal of a streetwise bag lady hunted by the Mob for observing a hit is nothing short of gutsy brilliance. Since this driving performance appears first on the agenda, the subsequent narrations are colorless in comparison. Because these mysteries are so clever and intelligently written, the story lines salvage most of the performance handicaps. B.J.P. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Edition details

• Publisher: Dercum Pr Audio
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1556562128
• ISBN 13: 9781556562129
• Binding: Audio Cassette
• Editor: Pachter Josh, Greenberg Martin