Crème de La Crime by Janet Hutchings


Crème de La Crime
Title : Crème de La Crime
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ISBN : 0786707380
ISBN-10 : 9780786707386
Language : English
Format Type : Hardcover
Number of Pages : 406
Publication : First published April 1, 2000

An ex-con undergoes a mesmerizingly sinister temptation in Lawrence Block's "In for a Penny." In newcomer Phil Lovesey's "Under the Knife, " an ex-patient puts his doctor through a terrifying ordeal. A woman and her friends tumble through a challenging rescue during the French Revolution in "The Escape" by Anne Perry. A paranoid rock star leads in a tale of unexpected discovery in Melodie Johnson Howe's "Killing the Sixties." Many of the characters portrayed in Creme de la Crime catapult through adventures culminating in stultifying twists.This compendium of mysteries features crime of various moods and high anxiety. Often suspenseful, deliciously haunting, and even delightfully satirical, Creme de la Crime offers more than your basic mystery, but if you desire a traditional whodunit, that's here, too, included within a satisfying group of stories of distinguished originality.

Incorporating elements of whimsy, turbulence, and enough stomach-churning suspense to satisfy the most hard-boiled mystery reader, Creme de la Crime is documented excellence, chosen and edited by Janet Hutchings, written by winners of the world's top mystery awards.

Crème de La Crime Reviews

  • Lawrence Patterson

    Many readable stories, a few worrying to a high degree, a few a bit complicated and difficult to imagine. This book covers crime and murder through the ages so there are romps in Revolutionary France and decadent Rome. This helps make the book one you can dip into but harley makes an easy way to sleep after a couple of who done it's or how it was arranged and executed. The variety makes you think there is a criminal around every corner so in that respect the book was a good read if a bit worrying. Jumping from quiet towns in Texas or Nevada to bustling Boston or New York you end up with a bit of an unreal view of the US. If you hunger on the ways of deviant crime you may enjoy these stories.

  • Knight

    Anthologies are always hard to review because, by nature, the stories are varied. Why read this book? There is the delicious Poe-esque story "Of Course You Know that Chocolate is a Vegetable" by Barbara D'Amato. A must-read for chocolate lovers and a wonderful example of the deserved revenge genre. "Spooked" by Carolyn Hart reads almost like a coming of age story. The others did not seem memorable to me, but with stories, they aren't always memorable until you find yourself thinking of them much later.

  • David Riester

    Short stories