Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase
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| Rating | : | 4.91 (839 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0011UJLCG |
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| Number of Pages | : | 218 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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All rights reserved. From Publishers Weekly Mystery Writers of America presents a high-quality anthology of 19 original stories that explore a wide range of police experiences, from newcomer Polly Nelson's superb tale set in 1864 Kansas, Burying Mr. TV writer Paul Guyot contributes one of the volume's strongest selections, What a Wonderful World, about a cop's obsessive search for the killer of a hot dog vendor. Henry, to editor Connelly's powerful and grim Harry Bosch investigation into a young disabled boy's death, Father's Day. The sordid mean streets, depicted in Persia Walker's Such a Lucky, Pretty Girl, are
Jefferson Parker's "Skinhead Central," an ex-cop and his wife find unexpected menace in the idyllic setting they have chosen for their retirement. In Alafair Burke's "Winning," a female officer who is attacked in the line of duty must protect her own husband from his worst impulses. Taking us from smoggy Los Angeles to the woods of Idaho, from Hawaii at the turn of the twentieth century to the post-Civil War frontier, these riveting stories trace the perils and occasional triumphs of lawmen and -women who put themselves in harm's way to face down the bad guys. Some of them even walk the edge of becoming bad guys themselves.In T. In Michael Connelly's "Father's Day," Harry Bosch faces on
Armchair Interviews said Nice summer read. What can a crime writer possibly do to engage you in a short story?In the new book, The Blue Religion, T. Jefferson Parker, Greg Rucka, Leslie R. King, Michael Connelly and fifteen of America's top crime authors give you their best shots.The stories are all what you would expect from veteran crime writers, and I found that nearly every one was able to keep my attention and satisfy the book's theme.What I liked. concentrate on the "world of the cop" These entertaining nineteen tales focus on the police procedural theme. However, as Mr. Connolly explains in his introduction, for the most part the entries concentrate on the "world of the cop" as the stories "explore the burden of the badge" more so than investigative procedures. The contributions run the gamut with a strong historical by Polly Nelson to the return of Harry Bosch to a retired cop and his wif. From Orange County Register An anthology is not an easy book to review, specifically because it contains such a variety of styles and talent. Some of the stories may be phenomenal, whereas others are tedious at best. In which case, should the book be recommended for the few stories that stand out, or ignored altogether because of those that fall short?Fortunately, THE BLUE RELIGION does not present this dilemma. This anthology of ninteen