Malice Domestic 06: An Anthology of Original Mystery Stories
by Anne Perry (Editor)
Malice Domestic (6)
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This title collects 17 traditional mysteries by such contemporary writers as Marjorie Eccles, Jan Burke, Anthea Fraser, and Edward Marston.Tags
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Seventeen stories written for this anthology edited by Anne Perry. My favorite has the "sick" title of "Ways to Kill a Cat." Since I am a catlover, I expected to hate it but it was a piece of sardonic humor about a woman who writes mysteries with a cat "detective." She becomes jealous of the real-life representative of her hero's fan mail and attempts to kill him off. [P.S. The offerings are British mysteries. My husband did not like them because they are somewhat understated. Also, I don't think he "gets" British humor.}
I didn't finish it - it was a collection of short stories only one of which was written by Anne Perry. I was not impressed with them, but then again, I am not a short story reader. I like more description and character development.
I made it through the first two rather sophomoric tales and decided further reading was a waste of time.
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Anne Perry was born Juliet Hume on October 28, 1938 in Blackheath, London. Sent to Christchurch, New Zealand to recover from a childhood case of severe pneumonia, she became very close friends with another girl, Pauline Parker. When Perry's family abandoned her, she had only Parker to turn to, and when the Parkers planned to move from New Zealand, show more Parker asked that Perry be allowed to join them. When Parker's mother disagreed, Perry and Parker bludgeoned her to death. Perry eventually served five and a half years in an adult prison for the crime. Once she was freed, she changed her name and moved to America, where she eventually became a writer. Her first Victorian novel, The Cater Street Hangman, was published in 1979. Although the truth of her past came out when the case of Mrs. Parker's murder was made into a movie (Heavenly Creatures), Perry is still a popular author and continues to write. She has written over 50 books and short story collections including the Thomas Pitt series, the William Monk series, and the Daniel Pitt series. Her story, Heroes, won the 2001 Edgar Award for Best Short Story. Her title's Blind Justice and The Angel Court Affair made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Malice Domestic 06: An Anthology of Original Mystery Stories
- Original title
- Anne Perry Presents Malice Domestic: An Anthology of Original Mystery Stories 6
- Original publication date
- 1997
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- Fiction and Literature, Mystery
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- 813.087208 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American fiction in English By type Genre fiction Adventure fiction Mystery fiction Collections
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- PN6120.95 .D45 .M35 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Fiction
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- English
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