Saturday, September 29, 2012

Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem and Malice from the Land of Minnesota Nice-Minnesota Crime Wave

Fifteen Tales of Murder, Mayhem and Malice from the Land of Minnesota Nice


Minnesota Crime Wave

Nodin Press, Sep 12 2012, $16.00

www.nodinpress.com

ISBN: 9781935666431



The fifteen fine entries that make up the Minnesota Crime Wave anthology are very short engaging stories with each one under 20 pages. All the contributions are well written while varying from jocular to thrilling. In the humorous “This Old House” by Marilyn Victor, wheelchair bound Esther keeps persuading her younger septuagenarian sister to look at various spots where their father hid the family treasure. Though he suffers from PTSD, he knows the Shadow Men come for them unprepared in Richard A. Thompson’s dark “The Dark Under The Bed.” The clever “Desperadoes” (by Michael Allen Mallory) cannot escape since their getaway car broke down so they take a couple hostage. Murder suspect Toni Barre asks her friend statuesque Catherine if the latter’s short private eye boyfriend Sean NMI Sean can investigate the death of Councilman Springfield in exciting “The Horse He Rode In” by Carl Brookins. Kate intercedes on behalf of her BFF Anna when Josh abuses the latter in “Stone Arch Bridge” by Judith Borger. Fans of short crime tales will appreciate this super compilation.



Harriet Klausner

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