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nich0le's review
2.0
There were a few good stories in here, but Hiaasen seems to equate "good mystery" with "excessive violence."
sloatsj's review
2.0
I read only half of these stories, though if they'd been more compelling I might have charged ahead. I enjoyed "A Season of Regret," but otherwise this was not my genre or milieu. Poker, prostitutes, petty criminals, blackmailers. The first story I read was about a call girl. The last one, which was the end of the road for me, was about "fucking for money" as part of an insurance scam. There was a seven-page story I didn't understand four pages of. Alas, this seems to be one of the last outposts of gritty, unadulterated masculinity. So long.
vdarcangelo's review
3.0
Best stories:
James Lee Burke: "A Season of Regret"
William Gay: "Where Will You Go When Your Skin Cannot Contain You?" (amazing)
Kent Meyers: "Rodney Valen's Second Life"
Jason Ockert: "Jakob Loomis"
John Sandofrd: "Lucy Had a List"
Scott Wolven: "Pinwheel" (This guy is always in here, and the story is always awesome)
James Lee Burke: "A Season of Regret"
William Gay: "Where Will You Go When Your Skin Cannot Contain You?" (amazing)
Kent Meyers: "Rodney Valen's Second Life"
Jason Ockert: "Jakob Loomis"
John Sandofrd: "Lucy Had a List"
Scott Wolven: "Pinwheel" (This guy is always in here, and the story is always awesome)
dcox83's review
4.0
This well written collection of short stories include tales of murder, rape, blackmail, sociopaths, kidnapping, deception and betrayal. Stories unfold through the eyes of the victims, accomplices, children, innocent bystanders and the murderers themselves. Because of the variety of characters, each story comes off as unique and fresh.
It's the perfect book to keep around when you feel like a good mystery but don't want to devote a whole novel to one.
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