Murder California Style - Hardcover

Breen, Jon L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0312006209 ISBN 13: 9780312006204

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 1987

Synopsis

An anthology of short stories by such authors as Brian Garfield, Jon Breen, Raymond Obstfeld, John Ball, Robert Bloch, and Lois Du Lac

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

This disappointing anthology collects 22 stories, from 1951 to 1987, by 23 members of the Southern California Chapter of Mystery Writers of America. There are big names hereJon Breen, Dan Marlowe, Brian Garfield, John Stevenson, Joseph Hansen, John Ball, Robert Bloch, William Campbell Gaultbut only a few of the stories are up to the authors' reputations. Bloch's "Final Performance" (1960) has overtones of The Postman Always Rings Twice, including a final twist with a grisly surprise from the author of Psycho that will jolt jaded readers. Gault's "And Murder Makes Four" is a classic hard-boiled story, no surprises, but lots of terrific California color. Most of the contributions are fairly predictable, but even the eight original stories seem dated next to Bloch and Gault, and John Stevenson's introduction oversells "the best in the business."
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About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0312006209
• ISBN 13: 9780312006204
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 291
• Editor: Ball John