This collection of stories is more gritty/realistic than my usual favorite type: cozy British person solving a mystery. But it’s still a very good collection of mystery stories that I would recommend any fan of the genre to read.
I was super excited that one of the narrators is BJ Harrison, who narrates the Classic Tales podccast and many audiobooks. His voice is so pleasant to listen to. I hadn’t heard the female narrator (Kim Niemi) before, but she was also very easy to listen to and I’d be happy to listen to her narrate anything in the future.
The story that will stick with me the most is the one where a grandfather teaches his grandson how to swim, but I really enjoyed all of the stories in the collection.
Of the authors on the list. I had only ever heard of/read books by Jeffery Deaver. But that’s what’s great about collections like this, you get to discover new authors and go and read their backlist if you like them. Here is the list of authors and their story titles. Please excuse any typos on the titles as I was listening to the audiobook and might have misheard.
– Ace Atkins – Stunts
– Michael Bracken – Beat the Clock
– Fleur Bradley – How to Teach Yourself to Swim
– Shelley Costa – The Knife Sharpener
– Doug Crandell – Down the Fire Road
– Jeffery Deaver – The Lady in my Life
– Brendan Dubois – Snow Bound
– John Floyd – Last Day at the Jackrabbit
– Nils Gilbertson – Lovely and Useful Things
– Peter Hayes – El Paso Heat
– Shells Legoullon – The Back Woods
– Victor Methos – Kill Night
– Leonardo Padura – A Family Matter
– Dan Pope – Snow Over Harvard
– Annie Reed – Dead Names
– Cameron Sanders – Billowing Down The Bayou
– Anna Scotti – Its Not Even Passed
– Archer Sullivan – Good Harvest
– Andrew Welsh-Huggins – Wonder Falls
– Stacy Woodson – One Night in 1965
– Frank L Baum – The Suicide of Kiaros
Special thanks to NetGalley and RBmedia for a copy of the audiobook in exchange for my honest opinion.
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