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A review by psalmcat
A Moment on the Edge: 100 Years of Crime Stories by Women by Elizabeth George
4.0
First of all, if George really did do the editing, her copyeditor sleepwalked, or just rubber-stamped. The layout of this book was atrocious: paragraphs were generally indented, but frequently they weren't, there were punctuation errors....grrr.
ANYWAY. The stories themselves were good. Really good. A wonderful introduction to some authors I've never heard of, along with some "old friends." Of the latter, there were a couple of stories I had read elsewhere, which just goes to show that I'm a short crime story junkie, I guess. I'll have to see if I can find some other things by Susan Glaspell, Nedra Tyre, Christianna Brand, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Gillian Linscott.
My favorites: Lia Matera's story ("The River Mouth"), Nedra Tyre's ("A Nice Place to Stay") and the one by Susan Glaspell ("A Jury of Her Peers").
ANYWAY. The stories themselves were good. Really good. A wonderful introduction to some authors I've never heard of, along with some "old friends." Of the latter, there were a couple of stories I had read elsewhere, which just goes to show that I'm a short crime story junkie, I guess. I'll have to see if I can find some other things by Susan Glaspell, Nedra Tyre, Christianna Brand, Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Gillian Linscott.
My favorites: Lia Matera's story ("The River Mouth"), Nedra Tyre's ("A Nice Place to Stay") and the one by Susan Glaspell ("A Jury of Her Peers").