Crime Through Time 3 [Paperback]

Sharan Newman (Editor), Anne Perry (Introduction), Steven Saylor (Collaborator), Margaret Coel (Collaborator), Laura Frankos (Collaborator), Harry Turtledove (Collaborator), Andrew Greely (Collaborator), Sharyn McCrumb (Collaborator), Maurenn Jennings (Collaborator), Leonard Tourney (Collaborator)

Book Description

Series: Crime Through Time | Publication Date: June 12, 2000

A never-before-published collection of historical mysteries from today's top writers.

Bruce Alexander
Margaret Coel
Andrew Greeley
H.R.F. Keating
Peter Lovesey
Sharyn McCrumb
Miriam Grace Monfredo
Peter Robinson
Harry Turtledove and many others!

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Berkley (June 12, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 042517509X
• ISBN-13: 978-0425175095
• Product Dimensions: 7 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,353,652 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Grat anthology, June 12, 2000

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crime Through Time 3 (Paperback)

Fans of historical mysteries will have a very good time perusing the third collection in an excellent anthology series. Editor Sharyn Newman has accumulated a variety of superb stories that will satisfy most readers with its strong contents. The introduction written by talented Victorian mystery author Anne Perry provides insight into the book, series, and overall sub-genre.

Many popular writers have contributed tales about their famous characters. Steven Sayor includes a new Gordionus story while Bruce Alexander provides a well-written original story. Miriam Grave Monefredi combines her Civil War knowledge with a Viet Nam widow's loss. Jan Burke, known for her police procedurals and amateur sleuths has written a historical supernatural mystery. Even alternate history great Harry Turtledove has entered the foray. All the stories are entertaining and fun to read, making this short story collection worth keeping.

Harriet Klausner

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars A Crime It Wasn't Better..., April 9, 2003

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ED Detetcheverrie "Q" (East Coast, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crime Through Time 3 (Paperback)

I purchase anthologies to get aquainted with new authors. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine generally satisfies my thirst for crime stories, but the whole historical aspect of this collection caught my interest. Overall, the book is pleasant, yet humdrum. Many of the stories were so brief you really couldn't get a feel for any of the characters and whatever clues were required to conclude each story seemed thrust forth eagerly in an effort to just end things quickly. Some stories shone more brightly than others--mainly due to the creative use of setting. I'm uncertain how accurate some of the details were for each of the eras represented, but all seemed quite plausible, creating nearly all of the charm the book possessed. Many of the stories came across as little more than tiny one-act plays with little time for humor or any misleading of the reader, thus making them instantly forgettable. If the authors are allowed more leeway to properly flavor the next collection, perhaps it won't be quite so bland. I'd rather pay more for a thicker book or read one with fewer authors penning longer stories than see another collection so forced and underdone.

4.0 out of 5 stars Yet more historical crimes, July 10, 2010

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Elizabeth A. Root (Laurel, MD USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Crime Through Time 3 (Paperback)

This was an enjoyable collection of historical crime stories, although not as good, I think as Mike Ashley's Historical Whodunnit collections. These are all new, and the Ashley works also include some classics. This is a trifle more literary, not necessarily a good thing to my mind. Most of the stories are detective fiction, but a few are simply short stories about grim events, which I didn't find as interesting. But I include the contents, so you can look and see if your favorite authors are represented.

CONTENTS: The Consul's Wife by Steven Saylor -- Merchants of Discord by Laura Frankos -- Farmer's Law by Harry Turtledove -- The Case of the Murdered Pope by Andrew Greeley -- Lark in the Morning by Sharyn McCrumb -- The Weeping Time by Maureen Jennings -- The Irish Widower by Leonard Tourney -- Smoke by William Sanders -- Episode of the Water Closet by Bruce Alexander -- Suspicion by Michael Coney -- Murder in Utopia by Peter Robinson -- Dr. Death by Peter Lovesey -- Dinner with H. P. B. by Eileen Kernaghan -- The Haunting of Carrick Hollow by Jan Burke & Paul Sledzik -- Howard by H. R. F. Keating -- Come Flit by Me by Elizabeth Foxwell -- Murder on the Denver Express by Margaret Coel -- A Single Spy by Miriam Grace Monfredo.