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This is a nice collection of mystery stories from humorous to noir.I enjoyed all the stories and although I'm not an avid mystery reader, I found no repeats from other sources. I did find a couple of new (to me) writers I intend to investigate.This is a good read.
Reading through these short stories was fun! They were vastly different and interesting, some were really diabolical! Be careful how you respond to what seems like a harmless quirky introduction (especially at clubs)! đ
As Spike Spiegel of âCowboy Bebopâ fame once said, âI love the kind of woman that can kick my ass.â
Here's the concept. Ask seventeen well- known authors to submit original works about "dangerous women" and see what happens. They are all good sized stories and are easy to read. Few are Mind-blowing enough to make your head spin. A worthwhile collection nonetheless. My two favorites in the collection are Rendezvous by Nelson DeMille and Louly and Pretty Boy by Elmore Leonard. DeMille is a new name to me. But, apparently, he has a large body of work. Rendezvous is a Vietnam war era story about a...
Meh. Stories ranged from mildly interesting to well written. Especially liked Lorenzo Carcaterra's entry. His writing was so good I've downloaded a couple of samples. Was very disappointed in Anne Perry and several of my usual favorite authors. Several stories had ok plots only to end very dully. And NONE of the women were "dangerous."
The hard part about an anthology about dangerous women is to make sure it doesn't dip into misogyny. Unfortunately a few the stories did dip into women hating. On the other hand, some of the tales were awesome. Jeffrey Deaver's story that ends it is great, I loved it, and that was the smart way to end the book. The story before that one, called Sneaker Wave was just awful though, I didn't know if I was goingto make it through, All in all, a pretty good collection, just afew lousy ones
every short story contained in this compilation left me thinking that they were incomplete. i have read similar compilations and each story was complete so i know it can be done.
Was exposed to a lot of new authors for me plus the old faves I know and love. Loved some, not so much others. But, they all had an interesting take on the theme and excellent execution. Will definitely be exploring some new authors for myself in the future. Overall, a wonderful collection with an awesome theme. As Otto writes in the Forward, "The weaker sex? Don't make me laugh."
A mixed bag of short stories, some trending into supernatural and others more mystery/suspense stories. It was a good choice to have several narrators for the audiobook because it helped create separation between the stories so that they didn't blend together for the listener. A few of these characters might be familiar to readers of mysteries -- Leonid McGill, Harry Bosch -- but most were standalone stories.Not bad for an audiobook that I picked up out of a random box of audios.
This was an excellent collection! There were a few dogs, but that's to be expected. For the most part, these stories were short & to the point. The point being the thrill of very dangerous women. Some were good, others bad, & some just insane, but they were memorable.Introduction by Otto Penzler was interesting. A bit long.Improvisation by Ed McBain was a great start to this collection. Just how cold can a person be? 4 starsCielo azul by Michael Connely is one I've read before. It was just as go...
With the exception of a couple of good stories, most of this book is male authors writing long descriptions of how good womenâs legs look. Skip this one.
