Murder Most : Romantic | Medieval | Divine
by Martin H. Greenberg (Editor), John Helfers (Editor), Denise Little (Editor), Ralph McInerny (Editor)
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A collection of 43 stories of murder and mayhem by various authors.Tags
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Really liked 2/3 of this book - an omnibus edition combining 3 mystery anthologies. The stories in Murder Most Romantic remind me why Romance is a genre I generally avoid. Even with added murder I only liked a few of these stories, mostly the ones by authors I'm already familiar with like P. N. Elrod. "The Show Must Go On", by Neesa Hart, was a particular favorite. The SF entry "12 Days" was an interesting concept but the tech did not age well from 2001's version of 2010. The 2nd collection, Murder Most Medieval - now here's what I like, my favorite subgenre of historical mysteries. Five stories are set in series I read, including an Ellis Peters "Cadfael" I hadn't read before. The 3rd collection is Murder Most Devine - all mysteries in show more religious settings. More medieval stories here, including a Margaret Frazer Dame Frevisse tale and a P.C. Doherty story. Others have contemporary settings, even noir like Richard Connell's "Brother Orchid" and fantasy in Neil Gaiman's "Murder Mysteries". Huge book, but worth reading through. show less
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Martin Harry Greenberg (March 1, 1941 - June 25, 2011) was an American academic and speculative fiction anthologist. In all, he compiled 1,298 anthologies. He founded Tekno Books, a packager of more than 2000 published books; he was also a co-founder of the Sci-Fi Channel. Some of his anthologies included: Past Imperfect (2001), Once Upon a Galaxy show more (2002) and Sirius: The Dog Star (2004). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
John Helfers, John Helfers earned his degree from the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. His work has appeared in over twenty anthologies including, "Once Upon A Crime," "Merlin," and "The UFO Files." He has also edited an anthology entitled "Black Cats and Broken Mirrors" which was published in 1998.
Ralph McInerny was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 24, 1929. He served in the Marine Corps in the late 1940s. He received a bachelor's degree from St. Paul Seminary in 1951, a master's degree from the University of Minnesota in 1952 and a doctorate in philosophy from Laval University in Quebec in 1954. He was a member of the University show more of Notre Dame faculty from 1955 until 2009. He gained international renown as a scholar, author and lecturer who specialized in the works of St. Thomas Aquinas. During his academic career, he was the Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies and director of the Jacques Maritain Center at the University of Notre Dame. He is founder and publisher of Catholic Dossier magazine and co-founder of Crisis magazine. His philosophical works include Aquinas on Human Action, The Question of Christian Ethics, and Aquinas and Analogy. His novels include the Father Dowling Mystery series, an Andrew Broom Mystery series, and the Sister Mary Teresa Mystery series. He also wrote under the pseudonyms of Harry Austin, Matthew FitzRalph, Ernan Mackey, Edward Mackin, and Monica Quill. He died on January 29, 2010 at the age of 80. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Murder Most (Omnibus)
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- Murder Most : Romantic | Medieval | Divine
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- 2005
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