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A review by weaselweader
Mystery Writers of America Presents The Blue Religion: New Stories about Cops, Criminals, and the Chase by Paul Guyot, Paula L. Woods, Persia Walker, Leslie Glass, Jack Fredrickson, Alafair Burke, Edward D. Hoch, Peter Robinson, John Harvey, John Buentello, Polly Nelson, Diana Hansen-Young, Jon L. Breen, James O. Born, Greg Rucka, Michael Connelly, Laurie R. King, Bev Vincent, T. Jefferson Parker
4.0
“When constabulary duty’s to be done … “
Until such time as Michael Connelly publishes a novel that might suggest that Harry Bosch has jumped the shark (and he certainly hasn’t done it yet in a thus far brilliant career), I’ll buy and read anything that has his name on it. This time he’s both a contributor to and the editor of an anthology of short stories about police and the people that they seek to hunt down and put away.
Nineteen vignettes from a collection of authors (aside from Connelly himself) that included such luminaries as T Jefferson Parker, Laurie R King, Peter Robinson and Alafair Burke was pretty much assured of being a winner and it didn’t disappoint. Admittedly, a couple of near misses went a little wide of the bull’s eye but not a single one of them could be called disappointing. Lest anyone be misled as to the nature of the stories because of Connelly’s reputation, potential readers should be cautioned that there isn’t a single entry in the collection that might be called a suspense or psychological thriller. Still ... be assured that every single one of them, despite their more laid back cerebral story-telling style, was enjoyable.
Definitely recommended.
Paul Weiss
Until such time as Michael Connelly publishes a novel that might suggest that Harry Bosch has jumped the shark (and he certainly hasn’t done it yet in a thus far brilliant career), I’ll buy and read anything that has his name on it. This time he’s both a contributor to and the editor of an anthology of short stories about police and the people that they seek to hunt down and put away.
Nineteen vignettes from a collection of authors (aside from Connelly himself) that included such luminaries as T Jefferson Parker, Laurie R King, Peter Robinson and Alafair Burke was pretty much assured of being a winner and it didn’t disappoint. Admittedly, a couple of near misses went a little wide of the bull’s eye but not a single one of them could be called disappointing. Lest anyone be misled as to the nature of the stories because of Connelly’s reputation, potential readers should be cautioned that there isn’t a single entry in the collection that might be called a suspense or psychological thriller. Still ... be assured that every single one of them, despite their more laid back cerebral story-telling style, was enjoyable.
Definitely recommended.
Paul Weiss