A collection of 21 crime stories by women writers, including Sara Paretsky, Amanda Cross, Liza Cody and Gillian Slovo. The stories include old favourites such as V.I. Warshawski, Jemima Shore and Kate Fansler.
A Woman's Eye (1991) Anthology
β Scribed by Sara Paretsky
- Book ID
- 111881544
- Publisher
- Dell Publishing Company
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 277 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780307425652
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β¦ Synopsis
Crime is common ground for the twenty-one women writers in this extraordinary collection of contemporary mystery fiction. The voices hereinclude professional crime solvers who take you from the mean streets of V.I. Warshawski's Chicago in a case of music and murder... tothe California freeway where Kinsey Millhone's beloved VW skids into a shooting... to the gang-held turf of Sharon says mum's the word. And then thereare mothers, grandmothers, battered wives, and social workers -- ordinary women in extraordinary situations whose voices reveal contemporary life asseen through a woman's eye. From the opening tale of a girl down-and-out in London and what she steals from a corpse... to the final story of a summervacation in the Berkshires, complete with romance and sudden death... this unique collection brings us great mystery writing that engages both ourintellects and our hearts. "From the Paperback edition."
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A collection of 21 crime stories by women writers, including Sara Paretsky, Amanda Cross, Liza Cody and Gillian Slovo. The stories include old favourites such as V.I. Warshawski, Jemima Shore and Kate Fansler.
Anthology - "The finest female sleuths by the best women crime writers ever."
Edited byΒ Paretsky A collection of 21 crime stories by women writers, including Sara Paretsky, Amanda Cross, Liza Cody and Gillian Slovo. The stories include old favourites such as V.I. Warshawski, Jemima Shore and Kate Fansler. Β ''The finest female sleuths by the best women crime writers ever.''